The young girl whose statements led to the murder has admitted she lied and was not in class on the day she said Paty showed pictures of Mohammed to students.
While President Nayib Bukele’s hard-line approach to the notorious Barrio 18 and MS-13 gangs has consistently garnered him approval from Salvadorean voters, he has been painted as a dangerous authoritarian figure, whose emergency measures constitute various human rights violations, including arbitrary arrests and mistreatment.
Researchers accuse the professor of having conducted his experiments “outside any ethical or legal framework.” In their view, this is an “enormous health scandal;” to Professor Raoult, they are “a tribune of fools.”
Among those facing trial are students who provided information about the whereabouts of the murdered teacher and an Islamist preacher who allegedly communicated with the terrorist online.
“We really can’t imagine the world without the drama of Jesus and Pilate,” the author said, exploring the ripple effects of history’s most influential trial.
