Hedi R.
On the night of July 1 to 2, 2023, police officers from the crime brigade of Marseille, France, beat 22-year-old Hedi, causing serious harm to his health.
Hedi is still unable to explain the cause of this outbreak of police violence. “Some beat me with fists, others with batons. My jaw was broken. They didn’t ask me for my documents, they didn’t ask me what I was doing there. I tried to explain to them that they could search me when I was lying on the ground, that I was not dangerous. But they didn’t want to know anything.”
Once in the hospital, the young man was in a coma for several hours. The list of injuries sustained by the victim takes up almost three of the 15 pages of the indictment drawn up by the Aix-en-Provence prosecutor’s office.
As for the public authorities, they are not yet concerned about the fate of the young man. Hedi assures that “no one” has approached him either for support or for official or other apologies. In any case, Hedi just wants to “go back to the old life”.
MASS MEDIA ABOUT THE CASE:
“Hedi, 22, was beaten and left for dead by Marseille police officers. In order to save him, part of his skull had to be removed,” the lawsuit states
CASE STATUS:
The initiative group has asked French President Emmanuel Macron and French Minister of Justice Eric Dupont-Moretti for clarification on the current case. The initiative group considers it important to combat police violence and can provide legal and informational assistance to Hedi and his family if necessary.
