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French MEP Rima Hassan in French police custody over alleged apology for terrorism

Hassan, who was born stateless in a refugee camp for Palestinians in Syria, is one of France's most vocal pro-Palestine activists and has already had brushes with the law for perceived glorification of terrorism.

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00:01The French far-left MEP Rima Hassan was taken into police custody on Thursday for apology for terrorism.
00:08AFP learned from her entourage, confirming a report in the daily newspaper Le Parisien.
00:14According to Le Parisien, the police custody is part of an investigation by the National Center for Combating Online Hate
00:22into a tweet that allegedly referred to one of the perpetrators of the 1972 attack on Tel Aviv airport.
00:30The tweet has since been deleted.
00:33Since the end of 2023, Rima Hassan, a Franco-Palestinian lawyer, has been the target of an investigation in France
00:41after making comments deemed favorable to Hamas following the attack on October 7.
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