There will be no conference with the “rebel” MEP Rima Hassan at Sciences Po The judge of the Council of State annulled, on Friday, November 29, the order of the Paris administrative court of November 21 that had lifted the ban imposed on the director. of the establishment, Luis Vassy, and had ordered the latter to schedule the event for a later date. Decision challenged on appeal by Mr. Vassy before the high administrative court.
This conference, organized by the student collective Students for Justice in Palestine, was to be dedicated, on November 22, to the issue of the embargo on arms sales to Israel. fearing “disturbing public order”Mr. Vassy had canceled the appointment. “Given the current situation of the establishment, and although Mme Rima Hassan had on several occasions supported the occupations and blockades of Sciences Po, its director did not seriously and manifestly illegally undermine the students’ freedom of expression and freedom of assembly by refusing to make a room available for the planned conference »estimates the summary judge of the Council of State.
The judge points out that the MEP has publicly and repeatedly supported the occupations and blockades, stating that “It’s time for an uprising.”. He adds that, “To enable student information and expression on the issues raised by the conflict in the Middle East, a series of multidisciplinary lessons on this topic have been created at the Institute and made available to local students for other related initiatives. with these questions. ».
“No disorder has been established”
At the beginning of the year, the High Administrative Court had already had to resolve the issue regarding a conference at which M. would be welcomed.me Hassan at the Paris-Dauphine University. But he had decided in another direction: on May 6, the judge, considering that the reality of the threats of disruption of public order had not been proven, authorized the intervention of the Franco-Palestinian lawyer, then a candidate for the presidency. the European elections of June 9 and who is also the subject of an investigation for advocating terrorism, for facts that she denies.
“MP Rima Hassan is currently deprived of the opportunity to speak on an important issue”, deplores his lawyer, Vincent Brengarth, who denounces “an extremely dark decision for freedoms.” “If the current circumstances of Sciences Po seem to have been decisive, no disturbance of public order caused by the mere presence of Rima Hassan has been demonstrated”duck.
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