Thursday, January 28, 2016

France justice minister quits over terrorism bill

The French justice minister has stepped down in protest at the government’s controversial plan to strip convicted French-born terrorists of their citizenship if they have a second nationality.

Christiane Taubira announced her resignation in a tweet on Wednesday, saying, “Sometimes to resist means staying, sometimes resisting means leaving.”

The minister from French Guiana became France’s most senior black politician when she was named to the portfolio in 2012 .... http://www.presstv.ir