A French court has sentenced a nursing student to three years in prison for allegedly “glorifying terrorism” on social media.
Zaiter said “46 days after an arbitrary and unjust detention for having denounced the genocide and expressed my support for Palestine in Nice, I finally find my daughter.”
The trial highlights France’s stringent stance on public speech and pro-Israel laws.
In 2021, France adopted the infamous definition of antisemitism proposed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), which deems criticism of Israel and Zionism and comparing Israel’s practices to those of the Nazis forms of antisemitism
How does that make any sense?
It makes sense to people who want to use the deaths of their ancestors as an excuse to do whatever the fuck they want.
For eternity
It doesn’t
I wonder if Police nationale reads Lemmy?
Don’t worry they can’t read
SInce when do cops read
Is it pro-palestine or pro-hamas?
Doesn’t matter; she’s still getting imprisoned for exercising her right to free speech.
In the eyes of French law, it does matter, their freedom of speech is limited (UK is even worse in this regard).
I do however agree that freedom of speech and communication should be upheld to the highest possible degree, even when some may find it offensive or consider it hateful.
It is, after all, the foundation of western democracy and humanitarian values.
White supremacist dogwhistles aside… There’s never any actual real freedom of speech. It’s always political. This is just one current example but speech is widely attacked. Many people are being expelled from their schools, jobs, etc. Most people don’t even dare to speak out. I use this semi-anonymous account and I’m still worried about being attacked. The pro-genocide/zio narrative is the hegemonic narrative that will be violently enforced.
