According to a past report from local daily Le Publicateur Libre, an X account with the handle @omarbinladin1 posted on May 2, 2023, the 12th anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death, a message paying tribute to the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, which destroyed the World Trade Center in New York City.
Bin Laden’s son was subsequently placed under formal investigation, but at the time said the accusations against him were based on “false information,” the report said.
Binladin left France in October 2023 after receiving an order to get out, the French Interior Ministry added. At that time, Binladin’s residency permit, which he had obtained through his wife’s British citizenship, was revoked and the 43-year-old received a two-year ban from entering France.
Last Friday, a French court refused Binladin’s appeal against the order to leave.
After the court decision, Retailleau then pronounced an “administrative ban on entry” which “ensures that Mr. Binladin cannot return to France for any reason whatsoever,” he said.
Individuals who have received an administrative ban on entry may ask for the measure to be overturned after a year and the interior ministry must reassess the ban every five years.
