The lawyer for the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France (Crif) in the South-East region was satisfied with the judgment condemning the defender of OGC Nice.
This Wednesday, Youcef Atal was sentenced to an eight-month suspended prison sentence for provoking racial hatred. The right side of OGC Nice had relayed on social networks a video of a preacher calling for “a black day for the Jews”.
At the end of the verdict, David Rebibou, lawyer for the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France (Crif) in the South-East region, expressed his satisfaction. “Our association was the first to file a complaint. It believed that each of its members was targeted by the preaching of this preacher and that this endangered every citizen of the Jewish faith. What we wanted is for the player to be declared guilty because he is responsible, like everyone else, for what he broadcasts, for the propagation of the hatred that was carried out. he reacted to the microphone of RMC Sport.
Youcef Atal sentenced 🚨
The OGC Nice player receives an 8-month suspended prison sentence for “provoking hatred on grounds of religion” ⚖️
He shared a video last October, which called, among other things, for “a black day on the Jews” pic.twitter.com/2DU11jXGn4
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From now on, Youcef Atal has ten days to appeal the decision of the Nice criminal court. The Gym defender has always been publicly supported by his coach in Algeria, Djamel Belmadi. He has also selected him for the African Cup of Nations, which will start on January 13 in Ivory Coast.
