Overview

• Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau formally referred Ritchy Thibault to the judiciary on April 27, 2025, citing public calls for insurrection during a rally in Paris.
• Thibault, a parliamentary assistant to LFI MP Ersilia Soudais, advocated for forming self-defense brigades and criticized institutional responses to Islamophobia.
• The rally followed the fatal attack on a worshipper in a mosque in the Gard region, heightening tensions over anti-Muslim violence in France.
• Thibault has been summoned for police questioning on Wednesday and has called for a solidarity gathering outside the judicial police offices in Paris.
• This marks the second judicial referral against Thibault in recent weeks, following accusations of inciting disruption at an upcoming May Day rally.