French Council of State upholds cancelation of lecture by MEP Rima Hassan
ISTANBUL (AA) – The French Council of State upheld a decision to cancel a lecture at a university in Paris by Rima Hassan, a Palestinian-origin member of the European Parliament from the far-left Unyielding France (LFI) party.
A statement by the Council said it considered an appeal against a lower court’s decision to overturn the cancelation of the lecture at Sciences Po University.
The Council ruled that the cancelation by the school’s administration did not constitute a serious infringement of freedom of expression — essentially overturning the decision by the previous court and upholding the decision to cancel the lecture.
It is not the first cancelation Hassan has faced. Since Israel’s war on Gaza began in October 2023, several planned conferences by Hassan at French universities have been called off.
Hassan, known for her activism and advocacy for Palestine, was also summoned by French police over accusations of “terror propaganda.”
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