A French court has convicted six people in 2020 of harassing and threatening to kill a French teenager who was flooded with threats after he posted a video criticizing Islam on social media.
Six of the convicts sentenced to three months of probation and up to four months in prison will be monitored with an electronic wristband.
One of the six convicted people was charged with making death threats against a teenager, a mother of two, who had previously been convicted of theft, fraud and driving without a license, Franceinfo reported.
After French teen Mila posted a video criticizing Islam in the so-called “Mila case” in January 2020, she posted on Instagram: “I hate religion. The Qur’an… is full of hatred. It just contains hate. Islam is a crude religion. I like it too.” I’m thinking”.
Don’t worry about the French teenager receiving death threats about anti-Islamic statements https://t.co/tYh9DeNya9
– Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) February 6, 2020
The threat level to the then 16-year-old boy had grown so great that he had to stop reading and disappeared under police protection.
“I could have been thrown acid and shot because of the threats I got from high school. I was threatened with being robbed and buried alive in public. I had to stop working, ”Mila said in 2020.
This week, the convictions come after eleven people were convicted of cyberbullying Mila in June and given four to six months of probation.
Regarding the harassment and intimidation of the teenager, Mila’s lawyer, Richard Malka, said: “No girl in the history of this country has received 100,000 hate messages in openly sexist and homophobic tones.”
Five more arrested for death threats against anti-Islam youth https://t.co/WUkSj0jteu
– Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) February 10, 2021
“For the first time in the history of this country, a young woman of this age is under full-time police protection. Did not have. Can you imagine the sadness it caused? ” Malka added.
This week, Malka commented on the new round of convictions, saying, “The convictions of the six prosecuted are required,” adding that just a few words on a social media site could have serious consequences for being responsible for it. words of hatred and enmity. ” . violence. “
“I take no pleasure in condemning these young people. My only satisfaction in this situation is that Mila can return to normal life… and she is not,” Malka said. Mila remains under police protection.
39 percent of French believe that Islam will be the most common religion in France. https://t.co/hsOlQM7hud
– Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) September 5, 2021
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