French MEP Rima Hassan in custody over alleged apology for terrorism

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Apr 02, 2026 · 369 words · By Alexander Kazakevich

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What to know about French MEP Rima Hassan in custody over alleged apology for terrorism

Hassan, who was born stateless in a refugee camp for Palestinians in Syria, is one of France's most vocal pro-Palestine activists and has already had brushes with the law for perceived glorification of terrorism.

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What happened

Why it matters

French MEP Rima Hassan has been placed in police custody in Paris and is being questioned about alleged "apology for terrorism," her office said on Thursday.

Common ground

Hassan, of the far-left France Unbowed party, is being temporarily held as part of a probe into a post she wrote on social media last week in which she expressed solidarity with the Japanese terrorist Kōzō Okamoto.

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Claim 1: “Hassan, of the far-left France Unbowed party, is being temporarily held as part of a probe into a post she wrote on social media last week in which she expressed solidarity with the Japanese terrorist Kōzō Okamoto.”

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Claim 2: “French MEP Rima Hassan has been placed in police custody in Paris and is being questioned about alleged 'apology for terrorism,' her office said on Thursday.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Lyon municipal election was held on 15 March 2026, with a runoff on 22 March, to elect the 73 members of the Municipal Council of Lyon, and the 9 arrondissement councils. The municipal counci…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — La France Insoumise (LFI or FI; [la fʁɑ̃s ɛ̃sumiz], lit. 'France Unbowed') is a left-wing to far-left political party in France. It was launched in 2016 by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, then a Member of the Eur…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_France_Insoumise

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rima Hassan Mobarak (Arabic: ريما حسن مبارك, romanized: Rīmā Ḥasan Mubārak; born 28 April 1992) is a French jurist and politician of Palestinian and Kurdish origin, born in the Neirab refugee camp, ne…
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Claim 3: “The far-right lawmaker Matthias Renault, who first flagged Hassn's post to prosecutors, was quick to celebrate.”

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Claim 4: “The flotilla consisted of 20 ships with more than 300 crew members, including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and Irish actor Liam Cunningham.”

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Claim 5: “Okamoto was convicted of a 1972 terrorist attack that killed 26 people at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport.”

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Claim 6: “Hassan, who was born stateless in a refugee camp for Palestinians in Syria, is one of France's most vocal pro-Palestine activists and has already had brushes with the law for perceived glorification of terrorism.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Following the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024, Israel invaded the demilitarized buffer zone in southwestern Syria (adjacent to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights) and has continued to occu…
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Claim 7: “The decision by the students to name their class after Hassan sparked protests in Belgium and France, where at the request of the Home Secretary, the Paris public prosecutor's office launched an investigation into her for 'glorifying terrorism.'”

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Claim 8: “In June, she made headlines after being arrested and detained for several days by Israeli authorities after she joined the 'Freedom Flotilla.'”

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Claim 9: “In September, she told Euronews she was 'honoured' by a controversial decision of students at Brussels Free University (ULB) faculty of law to name their graduating class after her.”

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Claim 10: “When she was sent back to France, a large demonstration celebrated her return in Paris.”

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Claim 11: “The activists who set off from Italy to try to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza by boat were intercepted by Israel’s authorities about 200 kilometres from the coast.”

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