SOS Chrétiens d’Orient, which for twelve years has provided aid to Christians in Middle Eastern countries affected by war and persecution, is facing an unprecedented attack from the French justice system—based on malicious accusations reported in the left-wing investigative newspaper Mediapart.
In recent days, the organisation, based in Boulogne on the outskirts of Paris, has seen investigators from the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office turn up at their premises and conduct a thorough search of their offices and staff computers. Volunteers—a handful of the 3,300 that SOS Chrétiens d’Orient has sent on missions since its foundation—were also questioned, as were contractors and collaborators of the organisation. Those questioned said the show of force was completely disproportionate.
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