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Images show Rwandan opposition politician Victoire Ingabire arriving at the Kigali High Court where she was applying for her civil rights to be restored, including the right to stand as a presidential candidate in the elections on July 15. The court, however, rejected her application. IMAGES
Political figures leading the march against anti-Semitism arrive near the French Senate in Paris. More than 100,000 people turned out, after days of bickering by political parties over who should take part and a surge in anti-Semitic incidents across France. IMAGES
A rally against anti-Semitism organised by French far-left party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) is disrupted by demonstrators carrying signs reading "Touche pas à la mémoire" ("Don't touch our remembrance"), in criticism of party leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon's stance on recent events. The protest took place near the site of the former Vél d'Hiv in Paris, where Jews were infamously rounded up and detained during the second World War before being sent to camps. IMAGES
Paris, Jul 28 (EFE).- France’s top appeals court on Wednesday upheld a corruption and embezzlement ruling against Equatorial Guinea vice-president Teodorin Obiang.A lower appeals court in 2020 confirmed the penalties against the influential vice-president, the son of the African nation’s long-serving president, which include a three-year suspended prison sentence, a 30 million euro fine and the confiscation of assets held in France.FOOTAGE BY MARIO GARCÍA.
Paris, Jul 28 (EFE).- France’s top appeals court on Wednesday upheld a corruption and embezzlement ruling against Equatorial Guinea vice-president Teodorin Obiang.A lower appeals court in 2020 confirmed the penalties against the influential vice-president, the son of the African nation’s long-serving president, which include a three-year suspended prison sentence, a 30 million euro fine and the confiscation of assets held in France.The ruling from the Court of Cassation on Wednesday is final.Judges rejected defense appeals arguing that Obiang, whose father Teodoro Obiang has been president since 1979, was protected by diplomatic immunity.French authorities confiscated assets topping 150 million euros, including a luxurious mansion located near the Arc de Triomphe which was later converted into Equatorial Guinea’s French embassy.A luxury car collection valued at 6 million euros, which included top of the line brands like Bugatti, Rolls Royce and Maserati, was confiscated from the premises.Teodorin Obiang was first convicted in 2017 and his sentence was increased upon first appeal in 2020.The confiscated assets are set to be distributed among the population of Equatorial Guinea rather than French coffers in a historic first since a change in norms approved last year.The appeals ruling comes two days after Equatorial Guinea closed its London embassy after the United Kingdom threatened sanctions. FOOTAGE BY MARIO GARCÍA.
Nordahl Lelandais, who is on trial for the murder of young soldier Arthur Noyer in 2017, arrives at the courthouse in Chambéry where he is on trial. The day is devoted to the pleadings of the civil parties and then to the prosecution's indictments. IMAGES
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