Investigation opened after cyberbullying complaint filed by Afghan taekwondo practitioner Marzieh Hamidi

The Paris prosecutor’s office said on Monday, September 16, that it had opened an investigation following the complaint of cyber-harassment filed by Afghan taekwondo fighter Marzieh Hamidi, a refugee in France. “I want the terrorists who are threatening me with death to be identified and brought to justice, so that I can live freely without fear and in complete safety. They will not silence me and I will continue my fight for Afghan women at all costs.”assured the athlete in a statement sent to AFP by his advisor Baptiste Bérard Proust.

“My client, Marzieh Hamidi, is now under police protection for an indefinite period. Dedicated to the most serious and complex cases, the National Unit for Combating Online Hate has finally been notified.”also reacted his lawyer, Inès Davau. “This is a satisfaction and we hope that the perpetrators of the threats will be quickly identified.”

Marzieh Hamidi, who failed to qualify in her taekwondo category for the 2024 Paris Olympics, has been the subject of numerous portraits in France after “her public speaking on women’s rights and the Taliban regime”as recalled in his complaint, filed on September 3, which AFP has learned of. It targets the offenses of disclosure of private information, malicious telephone calls, threats of death or rape, online harassment and online harassment of a sexual nature.