After ten years spent in solitary confinement, Salah Abdeslam now refuses to fall into line. Sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the November 13, 2015 attacks, he announced that he would not return to his cell following his disciplinary sanction.
Incarcerated in strict isolation, Salah Abdeslam will challenge his detention conditions before the administrative court of Lille . Depressed according to his lawyer, he hopes for a relaxation of his regime and a transfer to Belgium.
As France prepares to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the November 13 attacks, the Director General of Internal Security (DGSI), Céline Berthon, provided an update on the situation of the sole survivor of the commando units. She stated on Monday, November 10 on RTL that Salah Abdeslam "was not implicated in a planned attack."
The former chaplain of Salah Abdeslam at the Fleury-Mérogis prison has just been excluded from the Meaux-Chauconin prison. He is accused of trafficking in luxury perfumes in the penitentiary.
The Brussels Court of Appeal announced on Tuesday the temporary suspension of the extradition of Salah Abdeslam to France. This decision comes after his conviction in Brussels for his role in the March 22, 2016 attacks.
Salah Abdeslam, Mohamed Abrini, Ali El Haddad Asufi, Bilal El Makhouki, and many other individuals convicted of the Brussels attacks in March 2016, expressed regrets on Monday during their trial at the Brussels court.
Salah Abdeslam and Mohamed Abrini, convicted for the Maelbeek and Zaventem attacks in 2016, were wiretapped in the Bruges prison. These recordings reveal the personality traits of the two men of Moroccan origin.
The Court of Cassation of Brussels has confirmed the ruling of the Brussels court considering "illegal" the practices of body searches and on the knees as well as other degrading treatments suffered by Salah Abdeslam , Mohamed Abrini and other accused of the 2016 Brussels attacks.
Each day brings its share of denunciations at the trial of the Brussels attacks. After Mohamed Abrini accusing the police of inappropriate searches, it is Salah Abdeslam’s turn to denounce police violence during his transfer from the Haren prison.
While the victims of the Brussels attacks were eagerly awaiting the opening of the trial, the accused including Salah Abdeslam and Mohamed Abrini, supported by their lawyers, have decided not to appear, citing reasons deemed "grotesque" by the victims.
Lawyer Michel Bouchat joins his colleague Delphine Paci to defend Salah Abdeslam , sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement in the Paris attacks and awaiting trial in Belgium for the role he is said to have played in the Brussels attacks.
Brussels lawyer Delphine Paci will take over the defense of Moroccan Salah Abdeslam , one of the alleged perpetrators of the Brussels attacks, at the trial that will open in October.