The ban on a convention by Rima Hassan in Strasbourg deemed “illegal” | EUROtoday

The Strasbourg administrative courtroom dominated on Tuesday, November 26, “illegal” the ban, determined by the president of the town’s college, of a convention deliberate within the institution within the presence of MEP (La France insoumise) Rima Hassan.

The judges thought of that the refusal of the president of the college to authorize the holding of this convention “infringed on freedom of expression”the courtroom reported in a press launch. The convention, entitled “European Union and international relations, in the presence of MEP Rima Hassan”, was to be held on Thursday.

The University of Strasbourg banned it on November 20, citing a threat of disturbing public order within the occasion of the arrival of the Franco-Palestinian jurist, elected in June to the European Parliament on the “rebellious” listing. “It’s a subject of censorship”launched through the listening to Rima Hassan, a keffiyeh on her proper shoulder, asking the courtroom to acknowledge that there’s “a political context, a climate of censorship, in other countries, in other universities”.

Absence of “guarantees” relating to the upkeep of order

Olivier Maetz, who defended the administration of the college, assured that the ban on the convention was not linked “to the personality of M^me Hassan nor his ideas »but arose from the fact that the organizers “refused to comply with university regulations” by way of safety. He argued that the organizer of the occasion, the Palestine Unistras Committee, had not “of legal existence” and had not offered “guarantees” relating to the upkeep of order, nor specified the variety of individuals anticipated. On Instagram, the title of the convention, “Complicity of the European Union in the genocide in Gaza”additionally differs from that which was submitted to the campus administration, the lawyer emphasised.

The MEP’s Strasbourg lawyer, Florence Dole, rejected these arguments, believing that “the issue is M’s persona^me Rima Hassan, whom the college doesn’t wish to obtain on its premises ». The Paris administrative courtroom ordered Sciences Po on Friday to permit a convention of M^me Hassan, banned by the college additionally within the title of the danger of disturbing public order. Sciences Po plans to enchantment.

The MEP, who multiplies controversial statements about Israel, is the goal of an investigation for “apology of terrorism” after having estimated after October 7 in an interview that he’s ” TRUE “ that the Palestinian Islamist motion Hamas is taking professional motion. A truncated interview extract, in line with her.