Overview
- A three‑judge panel at the Bobigny court sentenced Erik Tegnér on Thursday to six months in prison with suspension and a €10,000 fine for publishing the dossier that identified immigration lawyers.
- The Frontières hors‑série published in January 2025 listed names and addresses of lawyers and used accusatory rhetoric that the court said stigmatised and exposed them to danger.
- The conviction rests on the French offence known as "risque causé à autrui," which criminalises revealing information that identifies or localises a person with the intent to expose them to harm.
- Tegnér announced an appeal and used X to urge supporters to mobilise while one of the judges, Youssef Badr, filed a complaint after receiving threats on social media.
- The tribunal president pledged protection for the magistrates and to report menacing messages to the prosecutor, and the Justice Minister publicly backed the judges, a response that highlights tensions between press freedom, online mobilisation and protections for legal professionals.