Dieudonné sentenced to six months under electronic monitoring for apology of terrorism
The court found that several videos by the polemicist presented the October 7 Hamas attack "in a very favorable light."
Dieudonné has been sentenced to six months of electronic monitoring for apology of terrorism and insult toward Laurent Nuñez, prosecutor of the Republic in Bordeaux, according to Le Monde. The court found that several videos published by the polemicist on social media presented the Hamas attack on Israeli soil on October 7 "in a very favorable light."
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- Dieudonné condamné à six mois sous bracelet électronique pour apologie du terrorisme et injure envers Laurent Nuñez — Le Monde — Une
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