{"id":3150,"date":"2019-08-13T08:24:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T12:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=3150"},"modified":"2019-08-13T08:24:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T12:24:01","slug":"liberte-not-much-of-that-in-france-british-satirical-chanteuse-banned-for-40-years-from-france-for-questioning-the-new-religion-of-holocaust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=3150","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Liberte&#8221; &#8212; Not Much of That in France: British Satirical Chanteuse Banned for 40 Years From France for Questioning the New Religion of Holocaust"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"article-heading \">\n<div class=\"content-center content-gutter\">\n<div class=\"grid \">\n<div class=\"grid__item desktop-three-quarters \">\n<div class=\"article-heading__content\">\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;Liberte&#8221; &#8212; Not Much of\u00a0 That in France: British Satirical Chanteuse Banned for 40 Years From France for Questioning the New Religion of Holocaust<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1>Holocaust denier Alison Chabloz barred from entering France for 40 years<\/h1>\n<p class=\"standfirst\">The antisemitic performer was stopped at St Pancras station on Monday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"content-center content-gutter\">\n<div class=\"grid grid--desktop-reverse \">\n<div class=\"grid__item desktop-three-quarters \">\n<div class=\"grid grid--flex-desktop \">\n<div class=\"grid__item desktop-seven-ninths grid--flex-desktop__content \">\n<div class=\"article section\">\n<figure class=\"inline-image inline-image--full inline-image--center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejc.com\/image\/policy:1.487394:1565687879\/.JPG?f=16x9&amp;h=576&amp;w=1024&amp;$p$f$h$w=44172f4\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 700px, (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px) 940px, (min-width: 1024px) 1024px\" srcset=\" \/image\/policy:1.487394:1565687879\/.JPG?f=16x9&amp;h=113&amp;w=200&amp;$p$f$h$w=1532ba7 200w, \/image\/policy:1.487394:1565687879\/.JPG?f=16x9&amp;h=138&amp;w=245&amp;$p$f$h$w=06ea4a6 245w, \/image\/policy:1.487394:1565687879\/.JPG?f=16x9&amp;h=177&amp;w=315&amp;$p$f$h$w=9e62f36 315w, \/image\/policy:1.487394:1565687879\/.JPG?f=16x9&amp;h=242&amp;w=430&amp;$p$f$h$w=b22b6b4 430w, \/image\/policy:1.487394:1565687879\/.JPG?f=16x9&amp;h=360&amp;w=640&amp;$p$f$h$w=2c25d3c 640w, \/image\/policy:1.487394:1565687879\/.JPG?f=16x9&amp;h=529&amp;w=940&amp;$p$f$h$w=512a20a 940w, \/image\/policy:1.487394:1565687879\/.JPG?f=16x9&amp;h=576&amp;w=1024&amp;$p$f$h$w=44172f4 1024w\" alt=\"Chabloz singing one of her songs\" \/><figcaption class=\"inline-image__caption\">Chabloz singing one of her songs <cite> (Photo: YouTube) <\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"prose \">\n<p>A self-described \u201cHolocaust revisionist\u201d has reportedly received a 40-year ban from entering France after attempting to board a Eurostar train to Paris on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Alison Chabloz, who was convicted last year of two counts of causing obscene material to be sent and one of sending obscene material, used her account on Gab, a social media network popular among the far-right, to say she had been \u201cbanned from entering France until 2059\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Chabloz was given a suspended prison sentence of 20 weeks last June for her \u201cgrossly offensive\u201d antisemitic songs, including material mocking Holocaust victims and claims about Jews controlling the world. She was also banned from posting on social media for 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>At an appeal hearing in February at Southwark Crown Court, the convictions were upheld, with the judge describing Chabloz as \u201ca Holocaust denier\u2026manifestly antisemitic and obsessed with what she perceives to be the wrongdoing of Jews\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?attachment_id=1795\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1795\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1795\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/alison-in-black-dress.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/alison-in-black-dress.jpg 228w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/alison-in-black-dress-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"prose \">\n<p>In a post to controversial social media network Gab, Chabloz wrote that she had been \u201cquestioned first by gendarmes and then Met CTU [Counter Terrorism Unit] under Sec 7 at St Pancras.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\" inline-image inline-image--center inline-image--full\">\n<figure class=\"inline-image inline-image--full inline-image--center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejc.com\/image\/policy:1.487395:1565687911\/.JPG?f=16x9&amp;h=576&amp;w=1024&amp;$p$f$h$w=44172f4\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 700px, (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px) 940px, (min-width: 1024px) 1024px\" srcset=\" \/image\/policy:1.487395:1565687911\/.JPG?f=16x9&amp;h=113&amp;w=200&amp;$p$f$h$w=1532ba7 200w, \/image\/policy:1.487395:1565687911\/.JPG?f=16x9&amp;h=138&amp;w=245&amp;$p$f$h$w=06ea4a6 245w, \/image\/policy:1.487395:1565687911\/.JPG?f=16x9&amp;h=177&amp;w=315&amp;$p$f$h$w=9e62f36 315w, \/image\/policy:1.487395:1565687911\/.JPG?f=16x9&amp;h=242&amp;w=430&amp;$p$f$h$w=b22b6b4 430w, \/image\/policy:1.487395:1565687911\/.JPG?f=16x9&amp;h=360&amp;w=640&amp;$p$f$h$w=2c25d3c 640w, \/image\/policy:1.487395:1565687911\/.JPG?f=16x9&amp;h=529&amp;w=940&amp;$p$f$h$w=512a20a 940w, \/image\/policy:1.487395:1565687911\/.JPG?f=16x9&amp;h=576&amp;w=1024&amp;$p$f$h$w=44172f4 1024w\" alt=\"Chabloz's post on Gab\" \/><figcaption class=\"inline-image__caption\">Chabloz&#8217;s post on Gab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chabloz was presumably attempting to refer to Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000, which gives police, immigration and customs officers the right to stop, search and hold individuals at ports, airports and international train stations, if subjects are suspected of involvement in terrorism or any other criminal activity.<\/p>\n<p>Hope Not Hate, the anti-racist advocacy group, tweeted the news to its 89,000 Twitter followers on Monday evening, saying Chabloz \u201cgot a surprise trying to get into France this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Comments from respondents included: \u201cmaybe she can write a song about it that nobody wants to hear\u201d, \u201cfantastic news\u201d and \u201cvive la France.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holocaust denial is illegal in France. In April, a far-right activist, Alain Soral, was sentenced to a year in prison by a Parisian criminal court for Holocaust denial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Liberte&#8221; &#8212; Not Much of\u00a0 That in France: British Satirical Chanteuse Banned for 40 Years From France for Questioning the New Religion of Holocaust Holocaust denier Alison Chabloz barred from entering France for 40 years The antisemitic performer was stopped &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=3150\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[744],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3150"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3152,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150\/revisions\/3152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}