Paris Hostage Trial 2025
French journalist Nicolas Hénin spent 10 months held captive and tortured by Islamic State jihadists in Syria, in 2013. Over a decade later, he was able to face his jailers in an historic court case in Paris. Among them was Mehdi Nemmouche, a French man, radicalised in prison in northern France. Today, Nicolas - thanks to this court case - has been able to put this tragic moment behind him, and now works to prevent violent extremism in western societies.
