Controversial Duet: Dieudonné and Francis Lalanne’s Performance Ban – Appeal for Freedom of Expression

2023-09-07 20:33:02

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The artist who has been condemned for his anti-Semitism was to perform in a duet with conspiratorial singer Francis Lalanne on September 14. His lawyer, Me Emmanuel Ludot, rejects the argument of the prefecture, which underlined a risk of disturbing public order.

Dieudonné’s lawyer, Me Emmanuel Ludot, announces this Thursday to Liberation to file an appeal for interim relief against the ban, announced this Wednesday, of the show of his client in duet with Francis Lalanne scheduled for September 14 at the Zénith de Paris. The council attacks in particular the argument of the prefecture, which invokes in its decree the risk of disturbing public order. “There have never been any clashes or violence around the performance halls” where his client has performed, he says, denouncing a decision which would demonstrate “the power of Crif and Jewish associations on [le ministre de l’Intérieur] Gerald Darmanin”.

In his summary, the lawyer for the artist who has been convicted of many for his anti-Semitism attacks in particular a risk of disturbing public order which is “in no way characterized”, according to a copy of the appeal that we have been able to consult. “If this decree is maintained, given the arguments deployed, it is a general and perpetual ban on performing for my client and then the question of freedom of expression arises”, denounces Me Emmanuel Ludot, who underlines that his client

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