The far-right French essayist Alain Soral was sentenced in Switzerland to 3 months in prison for homophobic attacks, revealed Tuesday, April 5 the Tribune de Genève for which the complainant works.
Alain Soral - whose real name is Alain Bonnet - can appeal this decision.
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The Attorney General of the canton of Vaud, Eric Cottier, considered that "
the remarks made by the defendant are deeply homophobic and incite discrimination because of the sexual orientation of the complainant and, more generally, of homosexual people
", according to an excerpt from the criminal order obtained by AFP.
Journalist Cathy Macherel had filed a complaint after the broadcast of a video in which Alain Soral insulted her.
Alain Soral, 63, reacted to an article that the journalist had devoted last summer to the essayist and his activities, particularly in Geneva, explained Cathy Macherel to AFP.
Alain Soral had treated Cathy Macherel as a "
big lesbian
" and a "
queer activist
", a term he wants to be synonymous with "
misaligned
".
“
Alain Soral has often praised 'Swiss tranquility'.
He learns today that there are laws, in our country, which make it possible to punish such acts
, ”she confided to the Tribune de Genève.
Alain Soral must also pay 1,500 Swiss francs (about the same amount in euros) for day-fines and the procedural costs amounting to 1,950 Swiss francs, the daily specifies.
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Alain Soral has already been convicted twenty times in France, largely for offenses of incitement to hatred, defamation and anti-Semitic insult.
In May 2021, he was sentenced on appeal to four months in prison on semi-freedom for incitement to hatred on the grounds of religion, after blaming the Jews for the fire at Notre-Dame de Paris.
More recently, in February this year, the far-right essayist was dismissed by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) which he had seized after his conviction for the 2016 publication on his website. of a negationist drawing.