Story no.82OngoingJusticeLowIlle-et-Vilaine26 Oct → 27 Oct2 facts · 7 art.
Racial insults against a Ouest-France journalist: appeal convictions in Rennes
The dispute between Ouest-France and the Breizh-Info website dates back to 2021. On October 26, 2026, the Rennes court of appeal convicted three men, including two linked to Breizh-Info, of public racial insult against a Ouest-France journalist, after their acquittal was overturned by the Court of Cassation. The following day, the same court convicted the editor-in-chief and the publishing director of Breizh-Info in this case. Breizh-Info has announced an appeal to the Court of Cassation.
4 articles of rated outlets · 3 unrated outside the bar · 7 sources (7 art.) · the three sides talk about it · outlets: left 1, centre 2, right 1
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The three sides report the appeal conviction in Rennes, but the center details the penalties and affiliations, the left insists on the far right and judicial history, while the right publishes a defense of Breizh-Info centered on the length of the procedure and the announcement of an appeal to the Court of Cassation.
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Le Monde highlights the conviction of a "figure of the far right" and recalls that the court of appeal had in 2024 retained a "satirical mode" and a "polemical context". The article also stresses that the ruling is not final and that an appeal to the Court of Cassation is possible.
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Sud Ouest and Ouest-France focus on the Rennes court of appeal decision and on the convicted persons, mentioning fines, a leader of an ultraright group and two officials of a far-right site. Ouest-France specifies the name of Jean-Eudes Gannat and recalls the overturning by the Court of Cassation.
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Breizh-Info presents the dispute as "5 years of harassment" by Ouest-France and its journalist, starting from an interview published on June 3, 2021. The text highlights the conviction of its editor-in-chief Yann Vallerie and its publishing director, and announces an appeal to the Court of Cassation.
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