FRANCE: Retired French woman on trial for ripping veil off a Muslim woman
A retired French woman is on trial and faces a two-month suspended sentence as well as a €750 fine for ripping the full face veil off of an Emirati tourist before biting, slapping, and scratching the Muslim woman in a rare case of “burqa rage”. Read More
FRANCE: Judge expels fully veiled woman from court’s public gallery
The day after a law banning the wearing of the full Islamic veil in public places cleared the final legal hurdle, a French judge told a woman sitting in a court’s public gallery to remove her veil or leave the premises. Read More
FRANCE: Woman admits to killing her newborns, husband released
A French woman (pictured) has admitted to killing eight of her newborn babies because “she did not want any more children”, the local prosecutor said on Thursday. Her husband, who was also accused, has been released without charge. Read More
FRANCE: Mother who hid her murdered babies in the freezer is released
Veronique Courjault, an expat French woman living in South Korea who was jailed for killing three of her babies and hiding their bodies in the family freezer, was freed Monday after four years in jail. Read More
IRAN: Clotilde Reiss will be able to leave Iran, says her lawyer
Clotilde Reiss’s lawyer said Saturday that he was confident his client will be allowed to leave Iran soon. The French woman was arrested for espionage when Iran’s post-election unrest threw the country into political turmoil last June. Read More