PARIS: A French activist farmer has been convicted of helping migrants illegally cross the border from Italy.
The appeal court of Aix-en-Provence, in southern France, on Tuesday gave Cedric Herrou a suspended four-month prison sentence.
Authorities said Herrou assisted some 200 migrants over the past year, housing some in his farm in the Roya valley in the Alps, near the Italian border. He also helped them travel in France, using his own vehicle.
A 2012 French law provides legal immunity to people helping migrants with “humanitarian and disinterested actions,” but the prosecutor had argued Herrou was subverting the law.
Herrou told BFM television he “has no regrets” and won’t stop helping migrants, calling it his citizen’s duty.
Another justice investigation has been opened after he was arrested again last month.
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French activist farmer convicted for helping migrants
French activist farmer convicted for helping migrants
Trump says US will intervene if Iran violently suppresses peaceful protests
- Trump says US will intervene if Iran violently suppresses peaceful protests
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday said that if Iran shoots and violently kills peaceful protesters, the United States of America will come to their rescue.
“We are locked and loaded and ready to go,” he said in a Truth Social post.
This follows the deaths of several people as Iran’s biggest protests in three years over economic hardship turned violent across multiple provinces.
The clashes between protesters and security forces mark a significant escalation in the unrest that has spread across the country since shopkeepers began protesting on Sunday over the government’s handling of a sharp currency slide and rapidly rising prices.
Iran’s economy has struggled for years since the US reimposed sanctions in 2018, after Trump withdrew from an international nuclear agreement during his first term.
“We are locked and loaded and ready to go,” he said in a Truth Social post.
This follows the deaths of several people as Iran’s biggest protests in three years over economic hardship turned violent across multiple provinces.
The clashes between protesters and security forces mark a significant escalation in the unrest that has spread across the country since shopkeepers began protesting on Sunday over the government’s handling of a sharp currency slide and rapidly rising prices.
Iran’s economy has struggled for years since the US reimposed sanctions in 2018, after Trump withdrew from an international nuclear agreement during his first term.
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