The defendant was accused of advocating terrorism for having, on October 15, 2023, published on his news blog on the Middle East, a video of Hamas members attacking a tank with threats against Israel in the caption. The 26-year-old Franco-Turkish man, living in Aube, in Orne, was released by the Alençon criminal court on March 21, “ for lack of moral element ».
Eight days after the October 7 attack
A decision which the prosecution appealed last September. “ You were fully aware that this “information” was terrorist propaganda and you also broadcast it, eight days after the attack of October 7 », Declared the attorney general, requesting a four-month prison sentence with a simple suspended sentence.
« I was naive. I am not political. I just released this at the wrong time “, replied the defendant, unknown to the justice services.
Friday, the Caen Court of Appeal confirmed the acquittal pronounced at first instance.
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