357 “disturbances and protests” were reported, the sanction can be very heavy for the students concerned.
According to a latest report communicated by the Ministry of National Education, “357 disturbances and protests” were recorded in France during times of tribute to teachers Dominique Bernard and Samuel Paty, Monday October 16, 2023. A first report announced 179 referrals of the public prosecutor.
Three days after the knife attack in a high school in Arras, where a French teacher was killed while interposing against the assailant, several rallies were held on Monday. A minute of silence was also requested in schools at 2 p.m. “I will not tolerate any dispute,” declared the Minister of Education, Gabriel Attal.
Dozens of exclusions
Immediate sanctions would have been taken. The 179 cases initially identified were each the subject of disciplinary procedures. “For the most serious cases, several dozen of them, which concern the apology of terrorism, I am ordering today the exclusion of these students pending disciplinary procedures,” revealed Gabriel Attal on Tuesday.
The maximum sanction can go as far as permanent exclusion of the student. The Ministry of Education reminds in a press release that it is “the role of the school to recall that certain comments (calls to hatred, racism and anti-Semitism, apology for terrorism) constitute a criminal offense, without entering into discussion controversy with the students concerned.
The Légifrance website explains that the sanctions can gradually go from a warning to a reprimand, to a measure of accountability, to temporary exclusion not exceeding eight days, and finally to definitive exclusion from the establishment or one of its ancillary services . Apart from this last maximum sanction, “sanctions are erased from the student’s administrative file at the end of their secondary education”.
Article 421-2-5 of the Penal Code stipulates that advocating terrorism can be punished by up to 5 years of imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros.
Hundreds of incidents in 2020
Three years ago, history professor Samuel Paty was assassinated in Yvelines. During the tributes paid to him, 793 incidents were reported in the form of provocations, protests and apologies for terrorism. As recalled Le Figaro44 definitive exclusions had been pronounced and 131 temporary exclusions, when 286 reports had been made to the police or the gendarmerie (and 136 to the public prosecutor’s office).
2023-10-18 21:30:44
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