She should have been retried on Wednesday in Aix-en-Provence. Martine Landry will ultimately not need to show up. The prosecution, which had appealed the release of this activist from Amnesty International and Anafé pronounced in 2018 in Nice after a trial for assistance in the entry of migrants, has finally thrown in the towel, learned the NGOs this Tuesday.
Solicited by 20 Minutes , the entourage of the Attorney General at the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal confirms the "withdrawal". News received "with relief" by the associations, according to which "their 76-year-old volunteer" was "unfairly prosecuted for having helped two unaccompanied minors on the Franco-Italian border".
Prosecuted for "convoying" two minors
The justice system accused the Nice official of Amnesty International of having, in July 2017, "convoy pedestally" two minors between the France sign and the French border post, in Menton. According to her, these two Guineans, who had passed through the home of Cédric Herrou, should be taken care of by the French authorities. For the accusation, she had helped them to enter French territory.
"This decision is a great relief, responded Martine Landry on Tuesday. I was convinced that it was my right to help these children. Faced with violations of the rights of refugees and migrants, I have done and I will do my duty as a citizen to help them as best I can. Today, the brotherhood has won. "
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