threat of prison for speaking the truth in europe? it happens thru out the eu. more than twelve hundred brits are in jail for www posts alone; 

 

French activist Thaïs d’Escufon has vowed to appeal her latest conviction after a court fined her €1,000 over comments linking immigration to violence against women, while dropping the possibility of a prison sentence.

D’Escufon, who says she was sexually assaulted by a Tunisian migrant in 2022, revealed the outcome in a video message to supporters, describing the ruling as a significant reduction from the punishment she had been facing.

“I went from facing four months in prison to receiving a €1,000 fine,” she said.

The activist had been prosecuted over statements in which she argued that “the main threat to women in France comes from black and Arab immigrant men.” According to d’Escufon, prosecutors sought a four-month custodial sentence over those remarks.

D’Escufon posted a screenshot of the verdict on her Patreon, which confirmed she had been convicted of public insult on the basis of origin, ethnicity, nationality, race, or religion.

Speaking after the verdict, d’Escufon claimed the case was politically motivated and linked it to her own experience as a victim of sexual violence.

“I was sued for these words despite the fact that I was myself the victim of a sexual assault committed by a Tunisian migrant in 2022,” she said.

She also referenced an earlier conviction related to anti-migration activism, saying, “I had already been sentenced to a six-month suspended prison and a €3,000 fine for denouncing human trafficking across the Mediterranean Sea.”

D’Escufon credited an international support campaign for helping her avoid imprisonment.

“What happened feels almost unreal. Your support exceeded anything I could have imagined,” she said. “The media pressure became international.”.........more........