https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French comedian Dieudonné, a convicted anti-Semite whose shows the government once tried to shut down, was sentenced to two years in jail for tax fraud and money laundering on Friday by a court in Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190706/french-comedian-dieudonne-given-two-year-sentence-for-tax-fraud Sat, 06 Jul 2019 11:29:33 +0200 french-comedian-dieudonne-given-two-year-sentence-for-tax-fraud A French court handed controversial French comedian Dieudonné a two-month suspended jail sentence on Wednesday for condoning terrorism after a comment suggesting he sympathised with one of the jihadists who attacked Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150319/french-comedian-handed-jail-sentence Thu, 19 Mar 2015 09:18:31 +0100 french-comedian-handed-jail-sentence French comedian Dieudonné told a court on Wednesday he condemned last month's Paris attacks "without any ambiguity" as he stood trial on charges of condoning terrorism over a comment suggesting he sympathized with the gunmen. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150204/french-comedian-dieudonn-on-trial-for-condoning-terrorism Wed, 04 Feb 2015 17:27:00 +0100 french-comedian-dieudonn-on-trial-for-condoning-terrorism A Paris court has sentenced three French youths to prison for having attempted to make their way to Yemen and Somalia in 2012 to fight alongside Islamist extremists. It was the first trial of its kind since France last week was hit by a string of deadly terrorist attacks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150116/france-hands-wannabe-jihadists-lengthy-prison-terms Fri, 16 Jan 2015 17:47:00 +0100 france-hands-wannabe-jihadists-lengthy-prison-terms French comic and polemicist Dieudonne is under official investigation after releasing a video mocking the beheading of US journalist James Foley by Islamic extremists. Prosecutors are probing whether the video condones terrorism. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140905/james-foley-behead-joke-france-dieudonne Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:05:00 +0200 james-foley-behead-joke-france-dieudonne Online anger continued to build on Monday against a French comic who used visual perspective tricks to make a video of him having "air sex" with unsuspecting women in public. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140331/french-comic-draws-swift-rebuke-over-air-sex-clip-2 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:59:00 +0200 french-comic-draws-swift-rebuke-over-air-sex-clip-2 French comic Dieudonné was acquitted Friday on charges related to a video in which he calls for the release of a self-styled Islamist serving life for the kidnap and murder of a Jewish phone salesman. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140208/dieudonn-cleared-over-appeal-for-murderers-release Sat, 08 Feb 2014 09:57:00 +0100 dieudonn-cleared-over-appeal-for-murderers-release French comedian Dieudonné M'bala M'bala on Monday answered Britain's decision to ban him from entry by giving Queen Elizabeth II his trademark quenelle salute, which he says is an anti-establishment gesture, but critics say is anti-Semitic. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140204/dieudonn-gives-queen-the-quenelle-after-uk-ban Tue, 04 Feb 2014 09:07:00 +0100 dieudonn-gives-queen-the-quenelle-after-uk-ban Controversial French comic Dieudonné is now not just an enemy of the state in France. On Monday the UK also made him a persona non-grata when the government confirmed it had banned him from entering the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140203/britain-bans-french-comic-dieudonn Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:29:00 +0100 britain-bans-french-comic-dieudonn The scandal swirling around provocative French comic Dieudonné kicked off again on Wednesday, a day after a police raid on his property reportedly turned up €660,000 in cash. His lawyer said it was part of an organized "hunt" of his client. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140129/dieudonne-france-anti-semitism-cops-600000-cash-found-on-dieudonne-poperty Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:31:00 +0100 dieudonne-france-anti-semitism-cops-600000-cash-found-on-dieudonne-poperty French comedian and polemecist Dieudonné has been given the green light from Paris authorities to perform his new show on Monday night, after a string of cities banned a previous production that was labelled 'anti-Semitic'. Authorities have warned they'll be watching closely. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140113/dieudonn-police-promise-surveillance-of-new-show Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:18:00 +0100 dieudonn-police-promise-surveillance-of-new-show French comedian Dieudonné sought Saturday to circumvent a ban imposed on his controversial show over its "anti Semitic" slant, replacing it with a new performance complete with "a few tai-chi moves". https://www.thelocal.fr/20140112/french-anti-semitic-comic-drops-controversial-show Sun, 12 Jan 2014 10:44:00 +0100 french-anti-semitic-comic-drops-controversial-show France's top legal advisory body upheld a ban on controversial comic Dieudonne's show for the second night running Friday, and officials moved to stop upcoming performances in Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140111/fresh-legal-setbacks-for-french-anti-semitic-comic Sat, 11 Jan 2014 11:25:00 +0100 fresh-legal-setbacks-for-french-anti-semitic-comic A dramatic day of court battles between controversial French comic Dieudonné and the French government ended with a last gasp victory for the state as the highest court in France upheld a ban on him performing in the city of Nantes on Thursday night. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140109/dieudonn-court-orders-lifting-of-ban-on-shows Thu, 09 Jan 2014 20:41:00 +0100 dieudonn-court-orders-lifting-of-ban-on-shows Talk of French comic and polemicist Dieudonné was everywhere this week, as authorities across France lined up to ban his shows in response to accusations of anti-Semitism. The Local hears from two opposing voices on the question of whether it's right to ban the comic. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140108/is-it-ok-to-ban-french-polemecist-diedonns-shows Wed, 08 Jan 2014 15:20:00 +0100 is-it-ok-to-ban-french-polemecist-diedonns-shows Several towns and cities in France took the step on Tuesday of banning provocative French comic Dieudonné from performing after widespread claims his shows are anti-Semetic. Officials said the move was necessary to protect 'people's dignity'. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140107/dieudonn-shows-banned-in-french-cities Tue, 07 Jan 2014 15:19:00 +0100 dieudonn-shows-banned-in-french-cities Anti-racist groups in France say they intend to sue anyone caught making the now infamous "quenelle” gesture in Jewish locations, such as schools and Holocaust memorials. The 'nazi style' sign, popularized by controversial French comic Dieudonné, is seen as anti-Semitic. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140106/french-anti-racist-groups-to-target-quenelles Mon, 06 Jan 2014 10:47:00 +0100 french-anti-racist-groups-to-target-quenelles Prosecutors in Paris on Monday launched a probe into whether a French comedian was guilty of inciting racial hatred by joking about "gas chambers" while talking about a Jewish journalist. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131231/french-comic-dieudonne-probed-for-racial-hatred Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:18:00 +0100 french-comic-dieudonne-probed-for-racial-hatred French footballer Nicolas Anelka's "quenelle" salute has been condemned as anti-Semitic, something he himself denied, saying it was just a gesture of support for French comedian Dieudonné. But who is the controversial comic who France now wants to ban? https://www.thelocal.fr/20131230/the-man-behind-anelka-anti-semitic-nazi-salute-quenelle-dieudonne Mon, 30 Dec 2013 14:47:00 +0100 the-man-behind-anelka-anti-semitic-nazi-salute-quenelle-dieudonne Former France international footballer Nicolas Anelka rubbished accusations on Sunday that a controversial 'Nazi-style' gesture he made after scoring a goal was 'anti-Semitic or racist'. Anelka faces a possible ban for making the salute. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131230/i-am-not-anti-semitic-insists-frances-anelka Mon, 30 Dec 2013 10:12:00 +0100 i-am-not-anti-semitic-insists-frances-anelka