In France, pro-Palestinian solidarity is being silenced and criminalised | Rokhaya Diallo

The government’s deeply illiberal ‘Yadan bill’ may be dead. But the threat to legitimate protest certainly is not Tensions in France over how to respond to a rise in antisemitism have been running high. A government-backed bill that aimed to deal with the problem was rightly denounced as an attack on freedom of expression before being quietly shelved by the government last month. Introduced in 2024 by Caroline Yadan, a member of the national assembly, the draft legislation was intended to cou...

By Rokhaya Diallo