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France

Legal

Mother of Bataclan attacker faces trial in Paris for ‘financing terrorism’

November 4, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(Euronews) The mother of one of the 2015 Bataclan concert hall attackers is facing trial in Paris, accused of “financing terrorism.” Fatima Hajji, 53, is charged with sending €13,000 to her son and his partner while they were in Iraq and Syria, […]

Legal

Stable family backgrounds, minor criminal careers: Histories of the Paris attacks accused

November 4, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Mohamed Abrini, Yassine [Atar], Hamza Attou, Mohamed Bakkali, Sofien Ayari and Abdellah Chouaa … those accused of involvement in the November 2015 Paris attacks continue to give evidence about their personal backgrounds, a litany of small-scale crime and human tragedy. […]

Clothing

Council of Europe removes hijab diversity campaign tweets amid backlash

November 3, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(Euronews) The Council of Europe has withdrawn images from a social media campaign promoting diversity among women and their freedom to wear the hijab. Posters featuring young women wearing Islamic headscarves were removed from Twitter just days after the project’s launch. The […]

Legal

The changed face of Salah Abdeslam, former ‘soldier of Allah’

November 3, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) The rhythm and atmosphere at the Paris attacks trial changed dramatically on Tuesday, with the opening of the examination of the personalities of the accused. Since the 14 men before the court testify in alphabetic order, Salah Abdeslam, the sole […]

Immigration

More than 20,000 people have crossed Channel to UK this year, figures show (LINK ONLY)

November 3, 2021 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

France offers accommodation to migrants in Calais after hunger strike pressure

November 2, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(Radio France) The French government will “systematically” offer accommodation to migrants at the Calais migrant centre after three activists staged a collective hunger strike for 23 days. “We will systematically offer accommodation, which will be mainly in Pas-de-Calais, in Hauts-de-France, but not […]

Legal

Suspects in Paris attacks on stand after victims’ testimony

November 2, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(AP) The lone survivor of the cell of Islamic State group extremists who attacked Paris in November 2015 came under public questioning Tuesday for the first time in France, describing a close family life and his neighborhood acquaintance with many of the […]

Law Enforcement

French police shoot knifeman at Paris station: sources

November 2, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) French transport police shot and gravely wounded a man at a Paris railway station who threatened them with a knife while shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest) in Arabic, police and prosecutors said on Tuesday. The man rushed at police just […]

Immigration

Channel crossings continue as more migrants arrive in Kent (LINK ONLY)

November 2, 2021 EoI News  

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Immigration

Calais migrants facing ‘very dangerous’ conditions as temperatures drop (LINK ONLY)

October 31, 2021 EoI News  

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Academics & Education

France: Police and firefighters attacked at school named after teacher murdered by jihadist

October 30, 2021 Chris Tomlinson  

(Breitbart) A mob attacked police and firefighters lured to a school in Béziers, France, named after murdered teacher Samuel Paty. The incident took place on the evening of October 26th after police and firefighters were lured to the area to respond to […]

Crime

‘Allahu Akbar’-yelling man arrested after strangling woman on French street

October 30, 2021 Chris Tomlinson  

(Breitbart) Police arrested a 31-year-old man in Nice, southern France, on Friday after witnesses saw him strangling a woman in the street. The attack allegedly happened in downtown Nice along the Rue Trachel at around 3am on Friday, with witnesses claiming that a […]

Health & Medicine

The police medics forced to make life-and-death choices on the Bataclan floor

October 29, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) The work of the special police units sent to face armed killers is so dangerous that they have their own medical specialists with them during every operation. At Thursday’s session of the Paris attacks trial, two of the doctors who […]

Law Enforcement

Bitter testimony from the Bataclan’s forgotten police heroes

October 28, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Everyone knows about the heroism of the specialised BRI and RAID police units, the men who finally confronted the terrorists and saved the hostages at the Bataclan. But the bravery of the 17 men of the Paris Anti-Criminal Brigade (BAC […]

Health & Medicine

Father describes the tragic fate of the 131st victim of the November 2015 massacres

October 27, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) One hundred and thirty people were killed on the night of 13 November 2015, or died shortly afterwards from their injuries. But there was one other victim, who escaped physically unhurt, only to take his own life two years after […]

Government & Politics

France to close 7 more mosques, associations by end of 2021 French interior minister also welcomes decision to close mosque in city of Allonnes for 6 months

October 27, 2021 Yusuf Ozcan  

(Anadolu) France will close seven more mosques and associations by the end of this year suspected of promoting “radical Islamism,” the country’s interior minister announced Tuesday. Gerald Darmanin welcomed the decision to close a mosque in the city of Allonnes for six […]

Legal

‘We don’t hate you,’ sister of British Bataclan victim tells accused in Paris trial

October 26, 2021 Clare Byrne  

(AFP) The sister of the only Briton killed in the November 2015 Paris attacks told 14 people on trial in Paris over the bloodshed on Tuesday that while she and other victims’ families “deplore what you did, we don’t hate you.” Nick […]

Legal

Bataclan families speak of the impossibility of forgetting, the difficulty of forgiving

October 26, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Testimony from bereaved families continues before the special criminal court in Paris, where 20 men are being tried on suspicion of involvement in the November 2015 massacre of 130 people in the French capital. “The suffering is a relentless part […]

Crime

Trial opens over murder of elderly Jewish French woman

October 26, 2021 Marie Dhumieres  

(AFP) Two men went on trial on Tuesday over the 2018 murder of an elderly Jewish woman that provoked protests and alarm in France about anti-Semitic crime. The partly burned body of Mireille Knoll, 85, was found in her apartment in central […]

Legal

Tragic litany of loss as Bataclan survivors and bereaved families continue to testify

October 24, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Bataclan survivors, hostages, police officers and the families of victims continued their tragic testimonies this week at the special criminal court in Paris, where 20 men are being tried for alleged involvement in the November 2015 terrorist attacks in which […]

Legal

Last words, last hopes, lasting fears: The endless night of the Bataclan families

October 23, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) On Friday, at the special criminal court where 20 men are being tried on suspicion of involvement in the November 2015 Paris massacres of 130 people, the families of some of the 90 Bataclan victims attempted to describe their on-going […]

Legal

Sad parade of the fathers, widows and orphans of the Bataclan dead

October 22, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) “When my father died at the Bataclan, I was seven years old. I didn’t know what death meant.” With testimony from the families of victims continuing at the November 2015 terror trial, the profound sadness in the wake of the […]

Government & Politics

‘Moroccan’ man sentenced for Marine Le Pen beheading threat

October 21, 2021 Chris Tomlinson  

(Breitbart) A man who described himself as “Moroccan” has been sentenced to a year in prison after threatening to behead populist French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen. The man threatened to behead Ms Le Pen and conservative writer and pundit Eric Zemmour […]

Health & Medicine

Paris attacks trial hears devastating testimony of long-term impact of attack

October 21, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) The psychological damage does not affect only those who were witnesses or victims of the terrorist attacks on the night of 13 November 2015. Practically all the civil witness testimonies point to the impact of the victims’ damaged lives on […]

Academics & Education

Pupil yells ‘Allahu Akbar’ during tribute to French teacher killed by jihadist

October 20, 2021 Chris Tomlinson  

(Breitbart) An 11-year-old pupil yelled “Allahu Akbar” during a school tribute to murdered teacher Samuel Paty, while the child’s father was later arrested for threatening to burn the school down. The initial incident took place on Friday at the Jean-Zay middle school in […]

Legal

Bataclan survivors recount ‘chatting’ with attackers during the assault

October 20, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) After the explosion which killed Sami Amimour, the two surviving murderers lined up a group of terrified hostages and began herding them along the left-hand balcony of the Bataclan, in the direction of the stage. “It was,” explained one of […]

Legal

No one got out of the [Bataclan] untouched — not even the survivors

October 19, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Few of the witnesses who chose to go to the Bataclan concert on 13th of November 2015 from the right-hand balcony were seriously injured physically in the terrorist attack. But what they saw, heard and suffered has left none of […]

Immigration

Migrant crossings: More than 800 migrants cross Channel in three days

October 19, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) More than 800 people have crossed the English Channel to Kent over three days, the Home Office has said. On Saturday 410 people were intercepted in 11 boats, followed by 102 migrants in three boats on Sunday and another 294 in […]

Health & Medicine

Bataclan survivor’s testimony highlights importance of post-PTSD care

October 17, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) The second week of witness evidence from those who survived the attack on the Bataclan music venue has been full of grief, guilt and the seemingly endless struggle to turn the page emotionally. One young woman told two anecdotes, one […]

Academics & Education

France pays tribute to teacher beheaded over Mohammed cartoons

October 16, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) France paid tribute to schoolteacher Samuel Paty on Saturday, one year after he was beheaded by an extremist after showing his class cartoons of the Muslim prophet Mohammed. Paty, 47, was stabbed and then decapitated after leaving the middle school where he […]

Legal

A day of disruption, sadness and rage as Bataclan survivors continue to testify

October 16, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Friday’s session at the special criminal court in Paris, where 20 men are being tried for their alleged participation in the November 2015 terrorist attacks, heard the anger and grief of the survivors and their families expressed in different accents, […]

Legal

Time is taking a heavy toll, say broken families of Paris attacks victims

October 15, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) There are no easy days at the Paris attacks [trial], but Thursday’s evidence from the families of victims was particularly intense. We heard from a woman who lost her sister in the attack on the Belle Équipe restaurant in central […]

Academics & Education

French schools hail teacher killed over Mohammed cartoon

October 15, 2021 Anne-Sophie Morel  

(AFP) Pupils in schools across France on Friday paid tribute to Samuel Paty, a year after the teacher was beheaded by an extremist for showing his class cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed. Paty’s violent death sent shockwaves through France and beyond, […]

Legal

Bataclan murders: A mother remembers the day the sun went out

October 14, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Wednesday’s Paris terror trial hearing opened with evidence from Luciana Milani Solesin, the mother of Italian national Valeria Solesin, who was murdered by Islamists at the Bataclan concert hall in the French capital on 13 November 2015. Behind the dignified […]

Academics & Education

France to shut down another mosque linked to Islamist extremism

October 14, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(Radio France) French Interior Minister [Gerald Darmanin] has ordered authorities to close a mosque in the north-west, following evidence it preached radical Islamism. Since the murder of teacher Samuel Paty by an Islamist a year ago, France has been cracking down on […]

Academics & Education

France honours ‘hero’ teacher killed for Mohammed cartoon

October 13, 2021 Clare Byrne  

(AFP) A year after the brutal murder of a French teacher, beheaded for showing his students cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, schools are struggling with how to teach core French values without inflaming tensions with young Muslims. Samuel Paty, who was 47, […]

Legal

The bereaved families of Bataclan victims get their chance to speak

October 13, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Survivors of the Paris terrorist attack on the Bataclan concert hall in November 2015 continue to testify before the special criminal court where 20 men are being tried for alleged involvement in the planning and preparation of a night of […]

Government & Politics

French minister praises ‘Greek model’ of migration control

October 12, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(Kathimerini) French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has praised the “Greek model” of migration control and vowed France’s support in bolstering border security when it assumes the European Union’s six-month rotating presidency on January 1. “We ask other southern EU countries to do […]

Employment

Channel migrants: French politicians call on UK to overhaul ‘lax’ labour laws to deter crossings

October 11, 2021 Alasdair Sandford  

(Euronews) French politicians hit back at the UK and at their own government on Monday as a surge in the number of migrants trying to cross the English Channel in small boats heightened tensions between the two countries. Politicians from the region […]

Immigration

Migrant crossings: Channel boats bring 364 more people

October 11, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) Eleven boats with 364 migrants on board crossed the English Channel to reach Kent on Sunday, the Home Office said. French authorities also stopped 16 vessels, preventing over 500 further migrants from making the crossing. It follows 40 boat crossings on […]

Government & Politics

France to get migrant patrol funds soon, says UK minister

October 11, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) Payments to France to help tackle migrant Channel crossings should be finalised in “the coming weeks,” Security Minister Damian Hinds has said. The UK promised France £54m in July to boost police patrols at its beaches. But on Saturday, a French […]

Legal

Bataclan survivors offer accounts of a night of violence, horror — and heroism

October 10, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) The fifth week of the Paris trial of the 20 men accused of involvement in the November 2015 attacks was marked by the start of hearings of the evidence from survivors of the Bataclan, the concert venue where 90 of […]

Government & Politics

More than 1,000 cross Channel as UK urged to honour £54m pledge to France (LINK ONLY)

October 10, 2021 EoI News  

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Legal

Trying to live a life ‘submerged by permanent sadness’ after Bataclan attack

October 9, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Friday’s witnesses came from Los Angeles, from Turkey, from the central French Nièvre region. And, as from the start of the witness testimony, all the stories from the Bataclan survivors and their families are the same. And each is absolutely […]

Government & Politics

France urges UK to pay promised money for migrant policing

October 9, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(AP) France’s interior minister on Saturday urged Britain to fulfill its promises to provide tens of millions of pounds (dollars) to help France stop migrants from trying to cross the English Channel. Visiting the northern port of Dunkirk, French Interior Minister Gerald […]

Government & Politics

France calls for an EU-UK treaty on migrants

October 9, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Saturday called for the start of negotiations for a migration treaty between the European Union and Britain. Darmanin also urged the British government to “uphold its promise” to finance the fight against the illegal immigrants […]

Legal

Bataclan survivor came to court ‘to laugh at’ accused Paris attackers

October 8, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) At the special criminal court where 20 men are being tried for their alleged involvement in the November 2015 terrorist killings of 130 people, survivors of an attack at the Bataclan concert hall on Thursday described the night of horror […]

Immigration

French police cause misery for migrants in Calais: HRW

October 7, 2021 Clare Byrne  

(AFP) French police are inflicting misery on migrants in the northern port of Calais, routinely tearing down their tents and forcing them to wander the streets as part of a deterrence policy, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report Thursday. The […]

Legal

Wounded in ‘body, heart and soul’ by ‘blind inhumanity’ at the Bataclan

October 7, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) On Wednesday, at the Paris trial of the 20 men accused of complicity in the November 2015 terrorist attacks in the French capital, survivors from the Bataclan music venue, where 90 people lost their lives, began to recount their long […]

Legal

Paris attack survivors relive horror of ‘playing dead’ at Bataclan

October 6, 2021 Anne-Sophie Lasserre and Marie Dhumieres  

(AFP) Survivors of the 2015 Islamic State massacre at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris on Wednesday told the trial being held over a night of bloodshed in the French capital they “played dead” on the ground for hours to avoid being […]

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