French activist of Palestinian origin Rima Hassan, who is in seventh place in the lists of the far-left party "Disobedient France" in the elections for the European Parliament in June, was called by the police to give evidence for "justifying terrorism", reported France Press, quoted by BTA, referring to her formation.
Her lawyer Vincent Brengar confirmed in a statement "the information that Rima Hassan received (yesterday) a summons from the judicial police". She herself stated in "X" that these are "purely political maneuvers aimed at compromising freedom of expression on the subject of Palestine".
According to the subpoena made public by the Mond newspaper, the controversial activist, who is also a lawyer and refugee specialist, has been summoned to appear at the end of this month "to be heard on a charge of publicly advocating an act of terrorism committed through an online communication service".
According to the document, the acts in which the MEP candidate is accused took place between November 5 and December 1.
"We recall that Rima Hassan clearly condemned from the first day the acts committed by "Hamas" on Oct. 7, describing them as terrorist attacks and saying that "it is morally unacceptable to rejoice in the deaths of civilians, both on the Palestinian and Israeli sides,", the party said in a statement.