Two brothers from Montpellier were arrested in June near Geneva, Switzerland for their alleged involvement in the death of Riyadh, a 19-year-old man, shot in the back on May 16 in his neighborhood of Val de Croze in Montpellier. They have been extradited and placed in detention.
Mohamed B., an Uber delivery driver, was killed overnight from Saturday to Sunday during the riots in downtown Marseille. His family is calling for the opening of an investigation to shed light on his death and verify whether he was not the victim of a probable rubber bullet shot to the chest.
About thirty students, teachers and activists from associations gathered on Tuesday at the Pierre-Corneille high school in Rouen to support Anass Ajgou, an 18-year-old Moroccan high school student, threatened with expulsion.
The fundraising appeals launched by right-wing populists and colleagues to support [the police officer who killed Nahel Merzouk , a 17-year-old in Nanterre a week ago, have so far raised more than 1,470,000 euros, more than triple the amount promised to the victim’s family (379,000 euros).
Harassed by a young man who claims to be his son, Cheb Khaled called the police to arrest him after he showed up at his workplace, in the premises of the radio station Beur FM in Charenton-le-Pont (Val-de-Marne).
The mosque in Auch (Gers) was covered in racist graffiti on Monday. Pieces of sausage were also found on the door handles of the place of worship, which had been the victim of an arson attack in 2015. The act was condemned by the authorities in the region.
An extraordinary trial opened on Monday in Béziers. Twenty defendants, including a Moroccan, are accused of drug trafficking, arms trafficking, stolen cars, etc., and about fifty civil parties are involved. The trial is taking place under heavy security and will last ten days.
Alae Eddine, a 24-year-old Moroccan, employed in a restaurant in Cherbourg, is threatened with expulsion. He should leave French territory by the end of July. His employer has launched an SOS on social networks to prevent his forced departure.
Dozens of people gathered this Saturday at the funeral home to pay a final tribute to Nahel , killed on Tuesday by a police officer in Nanterre. The young man was buried in the Mont-Valérien cemetery in Suresnes.
The writer of Moroccan origin, Leila Slimani , believes that the French are no longer afraid today to admit that they are racist and to show it "publicly".
The Council of State denounces the attacks it has been the target of since Monday, June 26, the date on which the hearing to examine the appeal of the Hijabeuses against the French Football Federation (FFF) was held.
Nabil Ennasri traveled more than 5,000 kilometers by bike from Paris to go to Mecca to raise awareness among Muslims about ecology. His journey was widely followed on social media.