French lawmaker appeals to European rights court over his suspension for displaying Palestinian flag

By Necva Tastan

ISTANBUL (AA) - French opposition lawmaker Sebastien Delogu, who was suspended for 15 days from his duties in the French National Assembly for displaying the Palestinian flag, appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday over the move.

Delogu, a member of parliament from the leftist La France Insoumise (France Unbowed, LFI) party representing Bouches-du-Rhone's 7th constituency, said on X that being sanctioned for displaying the flag of a "colonized and slaughtered people" is "befitting an authoritarian regime."

Pointing to French President Emmanuel Macron's administration, Delogu said that "voices of peace are being subjected to the bans, calls and violence of a dying power."

He announced that he has appealed to the ECHR regarding his 15-day suspension from the National Assembly for displaying the Palestinian flag.

"France, which is complicit in genocide, is not our France," Delogu said.

The session of the French National Assembly on May 28 was adjourned after Delogu displayed the Palestinian flag.