Le procès de l'islamologue Tariq Ramadan pour viols s'est ouvert à Paris, en l'absence de l'accusé
The trial of Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan for the rapes of three women committed in France between 2009 and 2016, which he denies, opened on Monday in the absence of the accused before the Paris departmental criminal court.
The 63-year-old preacher, already convicted by Swiss courts for the rape of another woman, was scheduled to appear before a court composed solely of professional judges until March 27. He faces up to twenty years in prison.
But Mr. Ramadan, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, did not appear in court on Monday morning, having been hospitalized in Geneva since Saturday, according to Marie Burguburu, one of his lawyers, who read a letter from her client's doctor. She asked the presiding judge to postpone the trial to a later date "so that he can be fit to appear."
She explained that her client, despite being under judicial supervision prohibiting him from leaving France without informing the French authorities, was living on the border with Switzerland and had been visiting his 93-year-old mother in Geneva "for months." He was hospitalized during one of these trips.
The presiding judge noted that the judicial supervision imposed on Mr. Ramadan also required him to live in Saint-Denis, near Paris, and not on the Franco-Swiss border.
The court must decide on a possible referral after hearing all parties.
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