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June 12, 2020       Share:    

Source: https://ejpress.org/the-european-court-of-human-rights-rules-against-france-criminal-conviction-of-bds-activists/

European Court of Human Rights Rules Against French Conviction of BDS Activists

(European Jewish Press) Yossi Lempkowicz - The European Court of Human Rights (EHCR) in Strasbourg has ruled that a French criminal conviction against BDS activists involved in a campaign to boycott products imported from Israel violated their freedom of expression. France's highest appeals court in 2015 upheld rulings that convicted 12 members of the anti-Israel BDS movement on the basis of inciting racism and anti-Semitism. France was ordered to pay $31,150 to each activist.

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