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France

Legal

Moment of truth for Olivia Ronen as she steps up to defend Salah Abdeslam

June 24, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Salah Abdeslam is the sole surviving member of the terrorist group that attacked venues in or near Paris on 13 November 2015. On Friday his defence team, Martin Vettes and Olivia Ronen, will attempt to save him from spending the […]

Legal

Defence not impressed by prosecution’s ‘judicial impressionism’

June 23, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Sofien Ayari is not an easy man to defend. He fought in the ranks of Islamic State in Syria, he was involved in a shootout with Belgian police, he has generally refused to speak at this trial. On Wednesday, Ayari’s […]

Academics & Education

Teacher receives death threats and is accused of ‘Islamophobia’ after asking Muslim pupil to remove her face veil (LINK ONLY)

June 22, 2022 EoI News  

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Immigration

Channel crossings resume following quiet weekend (LINK ONLY)

June 22, 2022 EoI News  

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Legal

Defence asks for acquittal of Belgian Yassine Atar in Paris attacks trial

June 21, 2022 Liv Klingert  

(Brussels Times) The trial of the 13 November attacks in Paris, France’s worst-ever terror attack, saw the defence on Monday plead for the acquittal of Belgian Yassine Atar. The defence arguments come after nine months of testimony in a longstanding trial, held […]

Burkini

Top court blocks French city’s bid to allow ‘burkini’ in pools

June 21, 2022 Tom Barfield  

(AFP) France’s top administrative court on Tuesday blocked a bid to allow the “burkini” at municipal pools in the city of Grenoble, upholding a government challenge against a move that revived France’s intense debate on Islam. The all-in-one swimsuit, used by some […]

Immigration

More than 300 people crossed Channel in small boats to reach UK this weekend (LINK ONLY)

June 20, 2022 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Attempted migrant Channel crossings from France to UK soar

June 20, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) The number of migrants seeking to cross the Channel from France to England rose 68 percent in the first half of 2022, the French interior ministry said Monday. From January 1 to June 13, there were 777 attempted crossings involving 20,132 […]

Legal

Paris terror trial judges urged to rise to the level of the innocent accused

June 18, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) According to his lawyers, Ali El Haddad Asufi is before the court only because Belgian police investigators failed to do their job properly. Notably on the question of who supplied the weapons used by the November 2015 terrorist killers. The […]

Legal

Paris attacks: Day devoted to defence of Farid Kharkhach, supplier of fake ID

June 17, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Farid Kharkhach admits providing some of the false documents used by the Paris attacks killers. That crime is punishable by 20 years in jail; the prosecution wants Kharkhach to serve six. On Thursday, before an almost empty court, his young […]

Crime

Egyptian migrant dies in France after police shootout

June 16, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) An Egyptian migrant has died after being shot at by French police who tried to stop a van that had rammed through immigration controls on the Italian border, prosecutors said Thursday. The issue of police violence has been thrust into the […]

Academics & Education

Incidents relating to Islamic veil in French schools multiplying

June 16, 2022 Chris Tomlinson  

(Breitbart) At least 144 violations of France’s secularism law were reported in the second quarter of this year in French schools regarding the Islamic veil and other traditional Islamic clothing, a trend that is increasing. France’s Central Territorial Intelligence Service (SCRT), a police […]

Legal

Defence pleas on behalf of Laurel and Hardy, the terrorists who lost their way

June 16, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) On Wednesday, the special criminal court trying Paris attacks suspects got into the red zone, with final presentations from the defence lawyers representing Muhammad Usman and Adel Haddadi. They are would-be terrorists who admit they were part of the Islamic […]

Immigration

233 people brought to UK after attempting to cross English Channel (LINK ONLY)

June 16, 2022 EoI News  

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Legal

Language, laughter and a weather forecast: The remarkable plea of a dramatic defender

June 15, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) On Tuesday, defence council Xavier Nogueras used the language of the accused against the language of the court. It was a remarkable performance. Xavier Nogueras is the superstar of the defence benches. He is flamboyant, instantly identifiable by his prematurely […]

Immigration

444 people brought ashore after attempting to cross English Channel (LINK ONLY)

June 15, 2022 EoI News  

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Burkini

French burkini ban challenged by Grenoble in top court

June 14, 2022 Robert Plummer  

(BBC) The city of Grenoble has gone to France’s highest administrative court to challenge a ban imposed on a new city rule allowing full-body “burkini” swimsuits in public pools. Grenoble’s decision to authorise all swimwear, including burkinis, sparked a legal battle with […]

Legal

Defence lawyers launch last, crucial phase of November 2015 terror trial

June 14, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) After ten days of heart-rending reminders of horror from the legal teams representing the victims, followed by last week’s demands for punishment from the prosecution, on Monday the Paris attacks trial moved into a different emotional realm with the first […]

Legal

Arendt, Durkheim and Voltaire called to testify at Paris attacks trial

June 12, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) This has been a special week at the November 2015 terror trial, as the three state prosecutors prepared the ground for their demands for punishment, delivered on Friday. The French newspapers have been united in their praise of the prosecution […]

Legal

Prosecutors request life sentence for main Paris attack suspect

June 10, 2022 Alain Jean-Robert and Anne-Sophie Lasserre  

(AFP) Prosecutors in the Paris attacks trial on Friday demanded a life sentence without parole for the main suspect in the November 2015 jihadist strike that killed 130 in France’s worst-ever terror assault. Salah Abdeslam, a 32-year-old Frenchman, is the only surviving […]

Legal

Prosecution tag team puts stranglehold on hopes of ‘second-rank’ accused

June 10, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) At the Paris attacks trial, the three co-prosecutors continued their summary of the evidence they believe is more than sufficient to see each of the accused suffer the harshest penalties permitted by law. They are relentless. Camille Hennetier, Nicolas Braconnay […]

Legal

Three days to explain why a man deserves life in prison

June 9, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) The November 2015 Paris attacks trial took another crucial step towards judgement on Wednesday with the beginning of the final presentation of the case by the prosecution. On Friday, the three co-prosecutors will demand the sentences they believe each of […]

Legal

Paris 2015 attacks trial hears closing arguments

June 8, 2022 Marie Dhumieres, Alain Jean-Robert and Anne-Sophie Lasserre  

(AFP) The trial over the November 2015 attacks in Paris, France’s worst-ever terror assault, heard the beginning of closing arguments Wednesday by the three leading prosecutors in the case. For three days, the prosecutors will detail their version of the events on […]

Arts & Entertainment

Italy arrests Pakistanis linked to 2020 Charlie Hebdo attack

June 7, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Italy’s anti-terrorism police and Europol on Tuesday arrested Pakistanis suspected of links to the man who attacked France’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in 2020. The sting led to “arrests in Italy and abroad of Pakistani citizens with direct ties” to Zaheer Hassan […]

Legal

Final observations on behalf of the ‘witnesses of witnesses’ at Paris terror trial

June 4, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) This has been a difficult week at the Special Criminal Court, where the men suspected of involvement or complicity in the November 2015 terrorist attacks are being tried. The hearings have been devoted to the final observations from lawyers representing […]

Immigration

Migrant arrivals nearly hit 10,000 in UK for this year (LINK ONLY)

June 4, 2022 EoI News  

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Immigration

Afghans with western links among rising number trying to cross Channel (LINK ONLY)

June 3, 2022 EoI News  

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Legal

Final words at Paris attacks trial and complaints over compensation

June 3, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Lawyers for the victims of the November 2015 terrorist attacks are continuing their concluding remarks. The Special Criminal Court is a theatre of contradiction, with the black robes offering everything from flamboyant rhetoric to dignified common sense. The 14 accused […]

Legal

Republican justice and the dark shroud of fundamentalist Islam

June 2, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) On Wednesday, the Special Criminal Court where the Paris terror trial is taking place listened to the closing arguments of lawyers representing the survivors and the families of victims, and those who chose not to join the collective presentation organised […]

Legal

Long delay at Paris terror trial as nine accused refuse to take their places in court

June 1, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Tuesday’s hearing at the Special Criminal Court was delayed for several hours because nine of the eleven prisoners accused of involvement in the November 2015 Paris terrorist attacks refused to take their places in the glass security enclosure. They were […]

Children & Teens

Women and young children among latest small boat arrivals in UK (LINK ONLY)

May 31, 2022 EoI News  

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Clerics & Preachers

French court sentences imam for antisemitic sermon following appeal

May 31, 2022 Ben Cohen  

(Algemeiner) The imam of a mosque in the French city of Toulouse has been found guilty in appeal of “inciting violence and racial hatred” for a sermon he delivered in 2017 in which he talked about killing Jews. The sermon delivered by […]

Crime

After unearthing social media posts, French prosecutors now suspect antisemitism in elderly Jew’s death

May 30, 2022 Cnaan Liphshiz  

(JTA) Prosecutors in France said they are considering antisemitism as a possible factor in the death of an elderly Jewish man in Lyon, who police initially said had died in a dispute unconnected to his religion. The Tribune Juive Jewish paper on […]

Legal

Why are lawyers of the November 2015 victims telling us what we already know?

May 29, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) The past week at the Paris terror trial has been devoted to the summing-up by the lawyers who represent hundreds of “parties civiles,” the families of the injured survivors, and those who lost loved ones in the November 2015 attacks. […]

Legal

Paris attacks trial given a long, hard lesson on the nature of victimhood

May 26, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) France’s November 2015 terror trial continued on Wednesday with further final pleas from the legal teams representing the survivors and families of victims. Every day this week, the procedure at the special criminal court in Paris has been the same. […]

Crime

French police clear Channel migrant camps after violence leaves one dead

May 25, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Police dismantled a camp housing hundreds of migrants near Dunkirk in northern France on Wednesday after one person was killed and three wounded in suspected score-settling between smugglers, authorities said. Around 500 people, mainly Iraqi Kurds, had been living at the […]

Law Enforcement

France charges 18-year-old over IS attack plot

May 25, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) France has detained and charged an 18-year-old man on suspicion of planning an imminent attack with a knife in the name of Islamic State (IS) jihadists, a judicial source said Wednesday. Initial investigations indicated that he planned to carry out an […]

Legal

Paris terror trial enters final phase with pleas on behalf of the survivors and the bereaved

May 25, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) The Paris attacks trial, where 20 men are being judged on charges of complicity in the November 2015 terrorist killings, continues with concluding pleas from the lawyers representing the injured and those who lost family members. There are nearly 2,500 […]

Burkini

French court blocks ‘burkinis’ in council’s pools

May 25, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A French court stepped into a row over the wearing of burkinis in municipal swimming pools, suspending a council’s decision to allow Muslim women to wear them. The administrative court in the Alpine city of Grenoble blocked the rule change by […]

Children & Teens

Six convicted for harassing French teen over anti-Islam videos

May 24, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A French court convicted six people on Tuesday for harassing a teen online over her anti-Islam videos in a case that sparked debate about free speech and the right to insult religions. The girl, known as Mila, was forced to change […]

Arts & Entertainment

Cannes brings Paris terror attacks into the limelight

May 24, 2022 Eric Randolph and Philippe Grelard  

(AFP) The Cannes Film Festival has shone a light on one of the darkest moments in recent French history — the Paris terror attacks of November 13, 2015 — with two films that take very different approaches to the topic. “November” is […]

Crime

Don’t exclude antisemitic motive in investigation of French Jewish man’s brutal killing, community urges

May 23, 2022 Ben Cohen  

(Algemeiner) France’s Jewish community has called on the authorities in the city of Lyon to retain the possibility of an antisemitic motive in the investigation of the chilling murder last Tuesday of an 89-year-old Jewish man. René Hadjaj was pushed to his […]

Immigration

Channel crossings exceed 9,000 for the year (LINK ONLY)

May 23, 2022 EoI News  

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Legal

Survivors and victims’ families tell of Paris attacks trauma

May 21, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Friday’s session at the Special Criminal Court, where the Paris terror trial is taking place, continued to hear testimonies of the families of victims. They were followed at the bar by families who lost their homes and belongings in the […]

Crime

90-year-old Jewish man allegedly pushed to his death in Lyon, France

May 20, 2022 Cnaan Liphshiz  

(JTA) A dispute between neighbors in France ended with the death of a 90-year-old Jewish man, according to police, who do not suspect an antisemitic motive. Police arrested a 51-year-old neighbor of the deceased, René Hadjaj, sometime after Hadjaj’s death on Tuesday […]

Legal

Paris attacks trial: ‘We are here for the dead,’ survivor tells court

May 20, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) This has been a particularly difficult week at the Paris terror trial, where the survivor[s] of the Bataclan attack and the families of victims have come to give their version of 13 November 2015. There have been tears and courage. […]

Legal

Terror motive investigated after woman attacked by ‘Allahu Akbar’ knifeman

May 20, 2022 Chris Tomlinson  

(Breitbart) The French anti-terror prosecutor has been notified following a knife attack on a woman in Chantilly by a man who allegedly yelled “Allahu Akbar” during the stabbing. The attack took place on Tuesday in Chantilly when a couple was driving and saw […]

Legal

Bataclan survivors continue their litany of fear, grief and incomprehension

May 19, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Another day of evidence from those who escaped the Bataclan massacre. The Paris attacks trial heard the continuing litany of shock, suffering and guilt. With merciful moments of courage, generosity and hope. It is not easy to stand in a […]

Legal

Paris attacks survivors talk of broken relationships and lives filled with fear in the aftermath

May 18, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) This week, the Paris attacks trial will hear the testimonies of 70 victims and their families. If the tragic facts remain the same, the individual experiences of the night of 13 November 2015, and of life since, are unique. One […]

Burkini

French government seeks to block ‘burkinis’ in swimming pools

May 17, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) France’s interior minister said Tuesday that he would seek to overturn a rule change in the city of Grenoble that would allow women to wear burkinis in state-run swimming pools. The all-in-one swimsuit, used by some Muslim women to cover their […]

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