The controversy continues around Rima Hassan's speeches. The University of Strasbourg, in turn, banned on Wednesday a conference by the MEP of La France insoumise, scheduled for November 28, the day after a ban imposed by the Paris Institute of Political Studies.
“The president of the University of Strasbourg Michel Deneken banned a conference that I was to give on Thursday, November 28 organized by the Palestine Unistras and Solidaires Étudiants committee and this without any justification,” announced on X the elected official, who he intends to contest this decision, just like in Paris.
“A courageous decision”, according to a socialist elected official
According to Rima Hassan, the students were informed by email of “an unfavorable opinion issued concerning the organization” of the conference. “There is a risk of disturbing public order,” confirmed the University of Strasbourg.
A socialist municipal councilor from Strasbourg, Pernelle Richardot, expressed “all (her) support” for the president of the University of Strasbourg, “who has just made a courageous decision,” she wrote on time for our university to stop serving as a platform for supporting small Islamist groups! »
Investigation for “apology of terrorism”
In April, the University of Lille had already banned a conference on the situation in Gaza that Rima Hassan was to give with the leader of the radical left Jean-Luc Mélenchon. The following month, Paris-Dauphine University canceled a similar conference by Rima Hassan. Cancellation ultimately prohibited by the courts.
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The MEP, who multiplies controversial statements about Israel, is the target of an investigation for “apology of terrorism” after having estimated after October 7 in an interview that it is “true” that the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas is carrying out action legitimate. A truncated interview extract, she assures.
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