Who is “Doualemn”, the third Algerian influencer arrested in France since Friday? | EUROtoday

“Thank you to the state companies, magistrates and regulation enforcement who made it attainable to find and arrest this particular person this night. Don’t let something go. », Wrote the Minister of the Interior on X.

“I salute the effective action of our law enforcement SRPJ and BAC of the national police34 who, under the authority of the Montpellier public prosecutor, enabled the arrest this evening of the Algerian influencer residing in Montpellier,” instantly wrote the prefect of Hérault, who had contacted the general public prosecutor the day earlier than after stories in opposition to “Doualemn” for inciting hatred.

Report of an Algerian activist who took refuge in France

It was an Algerian political activist who took refuge in France, Chawki Benzehra, who launched the alert, as reported Le Figaro. “Doualemn”, described as “famous within the Algerian community in the south of France”, is accused of getting broadcast a video wherein he made feedback inciting violence in opposition to opponents of the Algerian regime.

According to Chawki Benzehra, he used TikTookay, the place he’s adopted by 138,000 subscribers, to launch requires violence in opposition to “those who wanted to demonstrate on January 1 against the Algerian regime”. “Tell yourself that this individual […] delights in the description of acts of torture, records his videos in the city center of Montpellier,” denounced the activist in a message posted on X, since deleted. He additionally claims that these movies replicate “rampant anti-Semitism” which, in keeping with him, is intensifying in Algeria.

Chawki Benzehra says he has been focused “by a torrent of death threats” since he “raised the alert on the Algerian influencers affair”

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The mayor of Montpellier, Michaël Delafosse, was one of many first to report the “Doualemn” movies for “incitement to hatred”. The prefect of Hérault, François-Xavier Lauch, confirmed having alerted the justice system and denounced, for his half, an “intolerable” sequence on social networks.

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“Imadtintin”, one other influencer, was arrested for having supported “Zazou Youcef”, needed for calls to “commit attacks in France”. In a video that went viral, “Imadtintin” notably mentioned: “I swear to Allah, we are going to rape you all, in Algeria and in France. […] Those who know how to handle weapons will finish you off,” sparking sturdy indignation on the networks. “Zazou Youcef”, as well as, had already been sentenced in December by the Brest prison court docket to 12 months in jail for information linked to the 2023 riots.

Chawki Benzehra additionally identified the movies of one other influencer, “Onitrzek”, adopted by 35,000 folks on TikTookay, the latter having acknowledged in a video: “We are the troopers from the skin, the sleeping troopers. […] Algeria is stronger than France militarily. »