Racism

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• Amnesty International Urges France to Address Systemic Racism in Policing After Teen’s Death
  13 July 2023, by Prince

  Referring to the murder of Nahel, killed by a police officer in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) on June 27, Amnesty International on Thursday called on France to acknowledge "systemic racism in law enforcement" and the "complete overhaul of French rules governing the use of firearms" by law enforcement.
  Nahel, aged 17, was shot dead by a police officer following a refusal to comply, recalls Amnesty International in a press release, specifying that the young man is at least the fifteenth victim (…)

• Convicted Officer Advances in Police Ranks Despite Racial Slur Incident
  14 July 2023, by Said

  Pierre C., a police officer, convicted in January 2022 to six months suspended prison sentence for a public racial insult, has recently passed the internal competition for police officer, according to information revealed by Libération.
  Despite his conviction, which is still subject to an appeal scheduled for September, the agent is likely to undergo a one and a half year training to become a lieutenant. Pierre C.’s conviction stems from an incident that occurred during an arrest on April (…)

• Moroccan-Born Baker Closes French Shop After Year of Racist Harassment
  27 July 2023, by Prince

  Mouhssine Zouine, of Moroccan origin, ended up closing his bakery "Dina l’amie du pain" in Saint-Marcellin in Isère, after being the victim of daily racist harassment for more than a year.
  Mouhssine Zouine, 43, settled in Saint-Marcellin (Isère) two and a half years ago and opened his bakery there. On June 18, he locked up for good. A year earlier, he denounced, in a video that went viral on social media, daily racist attacks: spitting, trash and excrement, urine on the window, etc. (…)

• Valencia Pool Denies Entry to Muslim Woman in Hijab, Sparking Hate Crime Investigation
  13 August 2023, by Prince

  The security guards at the municipal pool in Benicalap (Valencia) refused entry to Fadila Said, a veiled woman who was accompanying her two children aged 8 and 5. The National Police have opened an investigation to determine if this is a hate crime.
  "Go back to your f***ing country", "what disgusting clothes you’re wearing", "if you take one more step, I’ll give you one you won’t forget". These are the words spoken by the security guards towards Fadila Said, a woman who, accompanied by a (…)

• Ripoll’s Moroccan Youth Still Face Stigma Years After 2017 Barcelona Attack
  19 August 2023, by Prince

  Young people of Moroccan origin in Ripoll (Catalonia) are victims of racism. They continue to suffer the social consequences of the terrorist acts perpetrated on August 17, 2017 by radicalized young people from the municipality, which left 16 dead and 140 injured.
  Omar, born in Ripoll to Moroccan parents, was 9 years old on the day of the terrorist attacks in Las Ramblas and Cambrils, perpetrated by six radicalized young people from Catalonia by the imam Abdelbaki Es Satty of the local (…)

• Boar’s Head Left at Moroccan Consulate in Corsica Sparks Hate Crime Investigation
  28 August 2023, by Said

  A boar’s head was found in front of the Moroccan consulate in Biguglia, Corsica, on Sunday, August 27, in the early afternoon. Local authorities condemn this act, as does the Moroccan consul Najoua El Berrak.
  Arriving quickly on the scene, the police of the departmental directorate of public security (DDSP) carried out the initial investigations, without noting any damage or inscription on the premises. An investigation for "provocation to discrimination and racial hatred" has been opened (…)

• Spanish Bar Owner Pressured to Fire Moroccan Staff in Anonymous Threat
  2 September 2023, by Prince

  The owner of a bar in Spain would have received an anonymous handwritten note in which he is required to fire his foreign, particularly Moroccan, staff and only hire people of "Spanish or Western" origin.
  "I don’t know if you can understand the letter in its entirety, but according to the colleague who sent it to me, it is a letter in which they threaten the owner to fire all the migrants who work in the company if he does not want to be reported," writes the user @SoyCamarero in a post (…)

• Convicted of racism, a player called up to the French rugby team
  5 September 2023, by Prince

  Summoned on Friday to the French team to replace the injured Paul Willemse, Bastien Chalureau is caught up in his judicial past. The Montpellier second-row forward was convicted of racist violence in 2020.
  The call-up of Bastien Chalureau to the French team, who will take the field next Friday against New Zealand at the World Cup, is causing a major controversy. The player was sentenced in 2020 to six months suspended prison sentence by the Toulouse criminal court for "acts of violence (…)

• Moroccan Striker Scores After Facing Racist Abuse in Madrid Derby
  18 September 2023, by Prince

  Salim El-Jebari, the Moroccan striker of Atlético Madrid’s reserve team, was the target on Saturday of racist insults from some supporters during the match against Real Madrid Castilla (2-2). The player responded in the best possible way by scoring a goal.
  Salim El-Jebari was whistled and subjected to racist insults from the supporters in the stands of Valdebebas. But the player of Moroccan origin remained focused on the game and even scored the equalizing goal for Atlético Madrid, who (…)

• Spanish Journalist Faces Racism Allegations Over Comments on Teen Soccer Star Lamine Yamal
  27 September 2023, by Prince

  Journalist Vito Quiles is accused of racism by the spokesman of the Spanish socialist party (PSOE), Patxi López, for criticizing Lamine Yamal, the 16-year-old Spanish player of Moroccan origin.
  Vito Quiles has announced his intention to take legal action against López who called him a racist. In a statement, the journalist explained that his controversial post on X (formerly Twitter) during a Euro 2024 qualifying match was not intended to be racist, but criticized Lamine Yamal’s goal (…)