PARIS, April 2 (Reuters) - Rima Hassan, a French far-left Member of European Parliament (MEP), was being held in police custody on Thursday over a comment she posted on X last month, said her fellow
French far-left MEP Rima Hassan arrested over X post
Details Surrounding the Arrest
Background of the Incident
PARIS, April 2 (Reuters) - Rima Hassan, a French far-left member of the European Parliament, was arrested on Thursday over a comment she posted on X last month about an attack on an Israeli airport in the 1970s, her fellow party member Jean-Luc Melenchon said.
Response from Hassan and Legal Representation
Hassan and her lawyer did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Statements from Political Figures
"The politics police has once again put Rima Hassan in custody in relation to a re-tweet from March. So there is no parliamentary immunity in France. Unbearable," wrote France Unbowed (LFI) leader Melenchon on X.
Nature of the Social Media Post
Media Reports on the Arrest
Le Parisien and other French media reported authorities had arrested Hassan and detained her in custody because they suspected the post made on March 26 could be construed as showing support for terrorism.
Context of the 1972 Attack
The message was related to the 1972 attack by the Japanese Red Army far-left militant group at Lod airport in Tel Aviv, which resulted in 26 deaths.
Content of Hassan's Deleted Post
In her subsequently deleted post, Hassan had quoted on her X account a comment made by an individual convicted of the attack seeking to justify it due to what he said was the "oppression" of people in the Palestinian territories.
(Reporting by Inti Landauro;Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Alison Williams)
