French prosecutors opened an investigation into a complaint made by Algerian boxer and Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif about online harassment over her gender and presence at the Paris Games.
The Paris public prosecutor’s office confirmed in an email that it received a complaint from Khelif on Monday and referred the matter to the OCLCH, the Central Office for Combating Crimes against Humanity and Hate Crimes. The OCLCH is investigating charges of cyberbullying based on gender, public insult based on gender, public provocation to discrimination and public insult based on origin, the prosecutor’s office said.
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The Associated Press reported that under French law, it would be up to prosecutors to decide
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