Footballer Karim Benzema's complaint against Gérald Darmanin, who accused him of his "links" with the Muslim Brotherhood, was dismissed last Tuesday.
A decision welcomed by elected officials, writers, researchers and citizen “whistleblowers” who are victims of legal harassment aimed at silencing them and who do not have the means available to the Minister of the Interior to defend themselves.
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If the Court had not considered that accusing someone of links with the Muslim Brotherhood “
does not harm their honor or their consideration”
, we would have been prevented by an endless judicial guerrilla war from working to bring to light the Brotherhood ideology
”: it is in these terms that Florence Bergeaud-Blackler rejoiced on
The Interior Minister attributed the footballer's biased comments on the conflict in Gaza to his proximity to the Muslim Brotherhood.
Under police protection since the release of her book
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, in January 2023, Florence Bergeaud-Blackler has herself been the subject of attempts at intimidation, which have gone as far as death threats.
His lawyer Thibault de Montbrial has just had one of his harassers sentenced to prison.
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