French Police Raid Home of Black Comedian Accused of Telling Anti-Semitic Jokes

Dieudonné: Comedian and son of Cameroon father and
French mother, is called an "activist" who "took a rightward
turn" and became controversial for denouncing Zionism,
the Israeli Lobby, and calling Holocaust remembrance
"memorial pornography." (Photo by Emmanuel Digiaro)

French police have launched a raid on the home of anti-Zionist comedian, Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, as well as his offices, seizing his personal documents and other belongings.

The French government accuses the controversial comedian of what it describes as promotion of anti-Semitism, and it is mounting pressure against him through judicial measures.

The government has already banned M’bala M’bala’s public gatherings and the raids on Tuesday were sanctioned as, what the government claims, part of a broader investigation into suspected fraud by Dieudonné.

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