Paris - A French human rights group Thursday protested the appearance of a member of the militant anti-Israel group Hezbollah at the Sorbonne.

In a letter addressed to the president of the Paris-based university, the International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism (LICRA) expressed its 'indignation' at the appearance there of Ali Fayad, a member of Hezbollah's political bureau, on December 12.

'For LICRA, the organization with its permission of such an event at the Sorbonne, cradle of the humanities and historic symbol of human rights, is as shocking as it is incomprehensible,' the group said in a statement.

In its letter, LICRA asked universities administrators to 'impose exemplary sanctions' against those who authorized the event.

LICRA also said it had notified French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Education Minister Valery Pecresse of its complaints.

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