Jihadist

French jihadist linked to Charlie Hebdo attackers sentenced to life imprisonment

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French jihadist linked to Charlie Hebdo attackers sentenced to life imprisonment

A French jihadist close to the brothers behind the 2015 massacre at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment. Peter Cherif, 42, had been on trial in Paris since mid-September for “belonging to a criminal terrorist association” while fighting for Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen from 2011 to … Read more

France draws up bill on surveillance of jihadist websites

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France draws up bill on surveillance of jihadist websites

France plans to strengthen its counter-terrorism laws by permitting the use of algorithms to detect activity on jihadist and other extremist websites. Draft legislation was submitted to President Emmanuel Macron and his government at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, after a wave of Islamist and Islamist-inspired attacks on French soil in recent years, including last … Read more