Overview
- Paris prosecutors confirmed late Thursday that Rima Hassan was released and ordered to appear on July 7 for alleged online apology of terrorism tied to a March 26 X post quoting Kōzō Okamoto, a 1972 Lod airport attacker.
- She was held for several hours Thursday after responding to a police summons in Paris during a probe run by the National Unit for Fighting Online Hate, which tracks suspected illegal speech on the internet.
- Prosecutors said a search found cannabidiol and a substance that looked like the synthetic drug 3‑MMC, and they will handle that matter in a separate case.
- Hassan denied possessing illegal drugs and said she uses legal CBD for medical reasons, with her lawyer indicating they would address the process in a press briefing.
- The complaints that triggered the case came from Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez and two groups, the European Jewish Organization and LICRA, after a far‑right RN lawmaker had already filed one, as left‑wing leaders called the moves political persecution and noted French law can punish online glorification of terrorism with up to seven years in prison.