Serge July
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Serge July | |
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 Serge July by Claude Truong-Ngoc, 2014 | |
| Born | 27 December 1942 Paris, France |
| Occupations | Journalist Editor Writer Director Script writer |
| Known for | Founder of Libération |
Serge July (French pronunciation: [sɛʁʒ ʒyli]; born 27 December 1942) is a French journalist, editor, founder of the daily Libération, and a prominent figure in French politics from the 1970s through the 1990s. He is the author of several books and has directed more than fifty documentaries about cinema and politics.[1] In recent times, he has been active in French organizations working in support of journalists taken hostage in Syria.[2]
In 1978, he published an article criticizing the television series Holocaust, invited Pierre Guillaume, negationist founder of the bookstore, La Vieille Taupe and supports the freedom of speech of Robert Faurisson.[3] On 4 July 1983 he was condemned by the 17th chamber of the Paris judicial tribunal, following the complaint of the International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism (LICRA), of having published in a "Courrier readers" of 31 July 1982, an anti-Semitic letter, accused of defamation, incitement to hatred and racial violence.[4]
