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Yes — Loi organique 2015-26 art. 31 public and express apologie of a terrorist offence, its authors, an organisation, an entente, its members, activities, or related opinions and ideas.

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    Yes — Loi organique 2015-26 art. 31 public and express apologie of a terrorist offence, its authors, an organisation, an entente, its members, activities, or related opinions and ideas.
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    art. 31

    Loi organique n° 2015-26 du 7 août 2015, relative à la lutte contre le terrorisme et à la répression du blanchiment d’argent

    Target
    Public and express apologie of a terrorist offence, its authors, an organisation or entente, its members, activities, or related opinions and ideas
    Test
    Intentional, by any means, inside or outside the Republic, in a public and express manner. No requirement that a further terrorist act follow.
    Max
    1 to 5 years and a fine of 5,000 to 20,000 dinars
    Est coupable d’infraction terroriste et puni de un à cinq ans d’emprisonnement et d’une amende de cinq mille à vingt mille dinars quiconque, par quelque moyen que ce soit, commet, intentionnellement, à l’intérieur ou à l’extérieur de la République, l’apologie, d’une manière publique et expresse, d’une infraction terroriste, de ses auteurs, d’une organisation, d’une entente, de ses membres, de ses activités ou de ses opinions et idées liées à ces infractions terroristes.

    Official French of Loi organique 2015-26 art. 31 as consolidated (JORT n° 63, 7 August 2015). Arabic is authentic. Art. 31 was not rewritten by Loi organique 2019-9. Working English: whoever, by any means, intentionally commits, inside or outside the Republic, the public and express glorification of a terrorist offence, its authors, an organisation, an agreement, its members, its activities, or its opinions and ideas related to those terrorist offences — 1 to 5 years.

    Cite · Loi organique 2015-26, art. 31 · as of 2026-09-05

    • Do not collapse art. 31 into art. 5 incitement. Do not treat it as a US-citizen equivalent.
    • Apologie publique et expresse is independent praise on the face of the statute.
    • Art. 5 (incitation, gated on a possible danger of commission) is a neighbouring incitement cell, not this quote. Decree-law 54/2022 (cybercrime) is a different instrument.
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