French Activist Arrested Over Social Media Post

0:00On April 3rd, French authorities arrested Rima Hassan on Thursday and held her for hours over a deleted social media post from March 26th. They suspected show support for terrorism, leading to a summons for her to appear in criminal court on July 7th, 2026, on charges of advocating terrorism online. The potential penalty is up to seven years in jail and a fine of up to 100,000 euros. The post referenced the 1972 attack at Laud Airport in Tel Aviv by the Japanese Red Army, which killed 26 people. Hassan had quoted a convicted attacker who tried to justify it by pointing to oppression in Palestinian territories. Complaints came from the international league against racism and anti-Semitism, plus the European Jewish organization Hassan, a 33-year-old Syrian-born activist of Palestinian descent, is a vocal critic of Israel and was elected to the European Parliament. Last year, with the far-left France Unbout Party, party-founders Jean-Luc Melanchon called

1:02the case politically motivated, but Interior Minister Laurent Nunez pushed back, stressing that apologizing, for terrorism is a serious offense. Prosecutors revealed she's facing six other hate speech probes, while 16 more have been dropped. The post also found cannabidiol, or CBD, and what looked like the designer drug, three MMC, during the arrest, but those issues will be handled separately. Hassan says she uses CBD for medical reasons and denies anything illegal. She and her lawyer plan to address it all at a press conference this Friday afternoon, so we'll keep an eye on how this unfolds for one of Europe's. Rising political voices. From around the world, powered by AI, this is Global News Today.