The Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR) on July 6 opened a judicial investigation against the former Minister of the Interior, Christoph Castaner, for religious discrimination, after the complaint of a police officer suspended on suspicion of radicalization, we learned on Tuesday. on July 19, from sources close to the investigation.
Police captain Hervé C., 42, filed a complaint on November 17 with the CJR for discrimination based on religious affiliation and moral turpitude, the only court authorized to prosecute members of the government for offenses committed in the performance of their duties. for:
“Restore rights and honor»
After analysis, CJR’s inquiry commission, which acts as a filter, forwarded the complaint to the prosecutor and a judicial investigation was launched, CJR confirmed to AFP. “This is an essential first step in uncovering the truthThe lawyers of police officer Ms. Helen Juni and Anas Khafif responded to AFP.
“Our client has full confidence in the independent justice of his country to restore his rights and honor“, they added. Hervé C., a convert to Islam, was working in the National Automated File of Authors of Terrorist Crimes (FIJAIT) of the Paris Judicial Police when he was reported as potentially radicalized on October 6 and 7, 2019.
A few days earlier, Michael Harpon, a computer scientist at police headquarters who had converted to Islam, stabbed four of his colleagues before being shot dead. Suspended by the Ministry of the Interior on 28 October 2019, Hervé C. was reinstated on 28 February 2020, but transferred as head of the tax evasion and VAT team.
“Radical Religious Practice”
In his complaint, the police officer believes that the minister’s suspension order “discriminatory“translated because of his religion and his mutation”Interior Minister’s refusal to release FIJAIT leader Muslim“while he only introduced”no signs of radicalization” and had received “excellent grades“.
It is based, inter alia, on an investigation by the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN), which concluded on June 8, 2020 that “no offense“no”no conversion“. “feelings and worries“agents do not appear to have been connected”to the facts“and its suspension”was not based on any contemporary fact or behavior“, according to this report.
The administrative court abolished the measures
Before the administrative court in June 2021, to challenge the measures taken by the police officer, the Ministry of Internal Affairs nevertheless justified its decisions “a radical religious practice that is incompatible with the life of the unit and beyond, even with the secular requirements of its republican and public service missions.“.
The administrative court overturned all measures in February, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs appealed the decision, Mr. Khafif said. In addition, Hervé K. also submitted a complaint against X to the Paris prosecutor’s office for discrimination at the end of October. That was dismissed on May 10 for lack of offense, the prosecution said at the request of AFP.
Source: Le Figaro
