Gérald Darmanin, in Paris on February 4, 2021. -
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The two teachers targeted by accusations of Islamophobia at the Institute of Political Studies (IEP) in Grenoble are the subject of protection measures likely to be reinforced, said Monday the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin in trip to Gannat (Allier).
With the Minister of Higher Education Frédérique Vidal, “today we contacted the two teachers.
Protective measures are taken.
I would not like to detail them here, if only because they must be discreet, ”the minister told the press.
Gérald Darmanin added that he had asked for an "evaluation by the Uclat cell (Counterterrorism Coordination Unit) on this subject, ie those who assess the dangers there are on personalities".
If this evaluation "shows that there is a particular danger", the two teachers "will be - obviously they would have to accept it - protected by the police personally," he said.
"It is neither social networks, nor public vindictiveness that make the law"
"Pending this assessment, measures are taken to protect them" because "everyone in this country must be able to be protected by the Republic when he is indicted", according to him.
An investigation for "public insult" and "degradation" was opened by the prosecution of Grenoble after a collage of posters Thursday at the entrance of the IEP on which we could read: "Fascists in our lecture halls.
Islamophobia kills ”, with the names of these two professors.
"These are neither social networks, nor public vindictiveness endangering people who make the law," assured the Minister of the Interior, saying he was "personally shocked" by these accusations.
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