In France, a Muslim activist has been taken to court for publicly criticizing the country's government for indulging in Islamophobia. Ilyas D'Imzalen faces up to 15 years in prison for publicly using the term "Intifada" (resistance to Israel) and criticizing Zionism.

According to the results of a survey conducted by the European Commission among about 26,000 people from 27 EU member states, 21 percent of participants reported that they had been discriminated against or insulted during the past year. Discrimination on the basis of skin color, ethnicity, age and socio-economic status is highest in the Netherlands, followed by discrimination on the basis of religion in France. In this regard, Sweden, Belgium and Cyprus are also in high places.

Pavel Durov made a statement for the first time after his arrest in France. He informed that Telegram is ready to cooperate with many countries, but will not give up its principles.

A French court has launched an official investigation into Telegram founder Pavel Durov, who is accused of organized crime, but he was released from pre-trial detention on bail of 5 million euros. Durov was also banned from leaving the territory of France and ordered to come to the police station twice a week.

The day after German businessman and activist Kim Dotcom Durov was arrested, he announced that France is at risk of major losses. According to him, the UAE has decided to freeze the $17 billion deal for the purchase of 80 new generation Rafale fighter jets.

The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its readiness to immediately provide all consular services to its citizen Pavel Durov, who was received in France, and to send a relevant request to Paris. The founder of Telegram is a citizen of four countries at the same time - Russia, France, the UAE and the Caribbean state of St. Kitts and Nevis.

The French government has extended the detention of Telegram founder Pavel Durov to 96 hours (4 days). Durov is suspected of crimes such as fraud, drug trafficking, cyberbullying, organized crime and terrorist propaganda. Telegram has denied these allegations.

France never bans revealing clothing in sports, but comfortably bans women from wearing more revealing clothing at the Olympics. This is blatant sex discrimination based on cultural and religious values.

Supporters of the independence of French-colonized New Caledonia are demanding the withdrawal of French security forces from the island. The Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front has accused Paris of continuing to crack down on those who oppose constitutional reform aimed at denying New Caledonia's indigenous peoples the right to self-determination and independent governance of their lands.

Amnesty International has accused France of violating international human rights law by banning women from wearing hijabs at the Summer Olympics in Paris. In September last year, France's sports minister told French athletes that religious symbols, including headscarves, would be banned during events.