Paty, 47, was killed outside his school days after showing his class cartoons of the prophet Muhammad
The fallout from Paty’s killing reinforced the French state’s commitment to freedom of expression and its firm attachment to secularism in public life.The fallout from Paty’s killing reinforced the French state’s commitment to freedom of expression and its firm attachment to secularism in public life.Eight people have been convicted in a French anti-terrorism court of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty outside his school four years ago..
Families of the accused, seated on the benches, reacted strongly – there were gasps, cries, shouts, and even ironic clapping erupted, prompting the judge to pause several times and call for silence. Also, the public prosecutor dropped the charge of complicity in favour of a lower charge of association with a terrorist enterprise against the two young men accused of providing logistical support to the killer. He asked for 14 years in prison for Naïm Boudaoud and 16 years for Azim Epsirkhanov.
Paty was giving a lesson mandated by the National Education Ministry on freedom of expression. He discussed the caricatures in this context, saying students who did not wish to see them could temporarily leave the classroom.
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