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22/03/2013 - France

Racism and xenophobia on the rise in France, report

Intolerance is on the rise in France, according to an independent body which advises the government.

21/03/2013 - France

French Jewish student group to sue Twitter

A French Jewish student group has announced it will sue Twitter after it failed to reveal the authors of a series of anti-Semitic tweets.

19/03/2013 - France

France hands over art stolen by Nazis

French authorities are to hand over seven works of art that were stolen or appropriated by Adolf Hitler's Germany during the World War II. The handover on Tuesday is part of the French ...

18/03/2013 - France

Hollande vows to fight anti-Semitism and terrorism at Toulouse killings anniversary

During a commemoration ceremony in the southern city of Toulouse on Sunday, France’s President François Hollande paid tribute to the seven people killed last year by self-proclaimed ...

11/03/2013 - France

Toulouse remembers Merah killings

France has awarded the Legion of Honour to the first victim of a series of deadly shootings by self-proclaimed jihadist Mohamed Merah in Toulouse exactly a year ago.

14/02/2013 - France - Africa

French court gives murder gang chief Fofana seven more years for supporting terrorism

The head of gang which tortured and killed a Jewish man in 2006, has been sentenced to seven more years in prison for making anti-Semitic videos while in jail.

24/01/2013 - France

Twitter ordered to identify French anti-Semitic tweeters

A French court has ordered Twitter to enable campaign groups to identify the authors of anti-Semitic tweets and to set up a mechanism to alert authorities over illegal content.

02/01/2013 - France

Paratroopers killed by Merah awarded Legion of Honour

Three paratroopers killed by the gunman Mohamed Merah in southern France last year have been awarded the Legion of Honour in the New Year’s honours list.

28/11/2012 - France

French lawyer asks for judge to be disqualified due to Jewish name

French public prosecutors have promised to come down hard on a lawyer who requested that a judge be taken off a case because he is Jewish.

16/11/2012 - France - Middle East

Author Stéphane Hessel's home graffitied with anti-Semitism accusation

The Paris home of Stéphane Hessel, a 95-year-old French resistance hero and concentration camp survivor, has been defaced by graffiti accusing him of being anti-Semitic, his family said ...

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