France24 journalist Wassim Nasr is the target of two legal proceedings, the Burkinabe and Malian justice systems announced on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, in two different press releases.
The Specialized Judicial Unit for the Suppression of Acts of Terrorism in Burkina Faso and the Public Prosecutor of the Specialized Judicial Unit for the Fight against Terrorism and Organized Transnational Crime in Mali have " decided to open an investigation against Wassim Nasr ," the Prosecutors' Office said.
The two legal proceedings also target " all other perpetrators, co-perpetrators and accomplices of the heads of criminal association in connection with a terrorist enterprise, complicity in acts of terrorism and apology for terrorism, so that they answer for their actions before the courts ."
The Burkinabe and Malian justice systems are criticizing the France24 journalist for his " tendentious comments the day after each terrorist attack committed against the States of the Confederation of Sahel States ."
The Ouagadougou prosecutor's office pointed out that, for example, during the terrorist attack committed in Djibo on November 29, 2023, citing " his own sources ", Wassim Nasr explained the modus operandi used by the terrorists, while speculating on the number of victims and the material damage.
His last outing was on September 17, 2024, when, following the terrorist attacks in Bamako, the Malian prosecutor denounced the fact that the French journalist had indicated " clearly that he was in contact with the attackers who communicated to him in real time the objectives of their attacks, their positions, the different targets targeted or reached and the resulting human and material toll ." On Tuesday, September 17, military targets in Bamako were attacked by the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims, affiliated with AQIM.
The combined analysis of Wassim NASR's various interventions on the various media where he appears " reveals positions and comments that amount to acts of publicity and flagrant support for terrorists and the actions of terrorists operating in the Sahel ", added the two jurisdictions, which state that these acts constitute offences under criminal law.
The Burkinabe and Malian prosecutors declared that a " diligent investigation will be conducted to shed full light on these serious facts and put their perpetrators, sponsors and accomplices out of harm's way ."
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