The petition launched by essayist Raphaël Glucksmann has finally borne fruit. Christophe Castaner, Minister of the Interior, has suspended the deportation procedure for Samira, 10, threatened with female genital mutilation in Côte d’Ivoire.
The "Kamel Kerrar" case, the "suicide" victim found dead, with his feet and hands tied, in December 2014 in the Deûle in Douai (north), has not yet been solved. The French justice system is in the sights of his family, who accuse it of wanting to bury the case.
Seized by David Assouline, in reaction to the insult of the senator who dared to compare veiled women to Halloween witches, the Senate office will not follow up on the request of the vice-president of the PS group.
Unsurprisingly, Rachida Dati was appointed on Wednesday as the head of the Republicans’ list for the March 2020 municipal elections in Paris. But the day after this announcement, a little anecdote about a joke she played on François Fillon in 2007 was revealed by L’express and has since been circulating on the web.
Climate of hostility, discriminatory discourse, revival of the controversy over the wearing of the veil on school outings, the attack on the mosque in Bayonne, ... Amnesty International (AI) rises with indignation against the promoters of hatred and calls on the French Government to "implement real targeted policies to fight discrimination".
On the sidelines of a restitution seminar, Marlène Schiappa, Secretary of State for Gender Equality and the Fight against Discrimination, reacted to a survey conducted by IFOP, at the request of DILCRAH, the Government Agency for the Fight against Racism and Discrimination, and the Jean Jaurès Foundation.
A most embarrassing scene took place on Thursday morning on the occasion of the National Day of the Fight against Harassment. Workshops had been organized and were to be the subject of an official visit.
During a ceremony honoring Muslim soldiers who died for France as part of the celebration of the 101st anniversary of the 1918 Armistice, Christophe Castaner, Minister of the Interior in charge of Religions, defended the Muslim community against the promoters of hatred.
Zineb El Rhazoui asked her lawyer to file a complaint against rapper Booba. The latter had reacted to the controversial remarks of the former Charlie Hebdo journalist who was speaking about the violence that occurred in certain French neighborhoods.
The recent statements by columnist Zineb El Rhazoui on the CNews channel continue to cause waves. This time, it is the rapper Booba who attacked the former Charlie Hebdo journalist on social media.
Zineb El Rhazoui’s remarks on CNews are not to the liking of the League of Human Rights (LDH), which condemns them rigorously. The former Charlie Hebdo journalist, on this channel, indeed called, on November 5th, for the use of "live ammunition" against young people from working-class neighborhoods, referring to a confrontation with the police in Mantes-la-Jolie.
France wants to attract 500,000 foreign students by 2027, fearing a loss of attractiveness and to "accentuate its international influence," the Prime Minister said last Wednesday when presenting the 20 measures of an Immigration Plan.