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French Foreign Legion Ex-Leader Arrested at Calais Pegida Rally

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French Foreign Legion Ex-Leader Arrested at Calais Pegida Rally

17:16 GMT 07.02.2016 (Updated: 17:22 GMT 07.02.2016)

© REUTERS / Pascal RossignolActivists against migrants shout slogans as retired French General Christian Piquemal makes an address during a protest organized by the anti-Islam group PEGIDA, in Calais, France

Activists against migrants shout slogans as retired French General Christian Piquemal makes an address during a protest organized by the anti-Islam group PEGIDA, in Calais, France - Sputnik International

Former Foreign Legion Leader Christian Piquemal arrested in the French port city of Calais among some 20 other participants of an anti-Islamization rally, will appear in court on Monday, media reported.

Opponents of the anti-Islam movement Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) take part in a demonstration in Dresden, Germany - Sputnik International

Dozens Anti-Islamization Pegida Activists Arrested Across Europe

6 February 2016, 21:09 GMT

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The 75-year-old general was arrested on Saturday as some 150 people gathered in Calais for a protest organized by the Pegida anti-islamization movement, defying a ban on rallies.

According to the French RFI radio station, Piquemal will face up to a year in prison for participating in an unlawful assembly. People arrested along with him also face charges of possessing banned weapons.

Tens of thousands of Pegida supporters held rallies across Europe on Saturday. Dozens were arrested.