Racism

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• French Journalist Karim Rissouli Receives Racist Anonymous Letter at Home
  26 June 2024, by Sylvanus

  On the web, French journalist of Moroccan origin Karim Rissouli claims to have received a racist anonymous letter at his home, the content of which he revealed.
  "You didn’t understand the vote of June 9. It’s not about purchasing power, it’s not about retirement at 60, it’s not about the privatization of Radio France. The one and only fundamental reason for the RN vote is that the historic French people are fed up with all the Arabs. The rest is just blah-blah." This is how the author of (…)

• French Journalist Mohamed Bouhafsi Faces Wave of Racist Abuse on Social Media
  27 June 2024, by Prince

  Mohamed Bouhafsi, a journalist for "C à Vous" on France 5, is the target of racist insults on social media because of his origins. Hateful messages that he denounced on his Instagram account.
  "The Maghrebis and Africans will never integrate with us", "Soon it’s the end of France for b******s like you!", "Dirty Arab", "scum". These are some of the racist comments that Internet users have addressed to Mohamed Bouhafsi and that he relayed on Tuesday in his Instagram story. The "C à vous" (…)

• Trial Begins for Two Men Accused in Fatal Lyon Bridge Incident
  28 June 2024, by Said

  Three years after the tragic disappearance of Houssin Ouhaj, thrown from a bridge in Lyon on the night of June 12 to 13, 2021, two men are appearing this Thursday and Friday before the departmental criminal court of the Rhône. They are accused of "failure to assist a person in danger" and "fatal blows".
  The four friends from Oyonnax, rather drunk after a well-watered evening, find themselves accosted by a group of individuals on the banks of the Rhône, at the level of the Pont Wilson. (…)

• Educators Warn of Rising Racist Rhetoric in French Schools Ahead of Elections
  30 June 2024, by Prince

  In France, racist speech has been liberated before the first round of the legislative elections scheduled for this Sunday. Teachers express concerns about the rise of racism in schools.
  Amina, a teacher of eco-management in a vocational high school in Seine-et-Marne for twenty-four years, confirms this reality. The Franco-Moroccan is saddened to see her students making racist remarks in recent years. "This year, one of my students told me: ’You’re not French, go back home!’ This kind of (…)

• French Interior Minister Faces Racist Attacks Over Algerian Heritage
  30 June 2024, by Sylvanus

  Gérald Darmanin, the French Minister of the Interior, claims to have been the target of racist messages. Some French people do not hesitate to call him by his second name, Moussa, a tribute to his Algerian grandfather.
  In a statement to franceinfo on Friday, Gérald Darmanin says he has been receiving "periodically, for several weeks, on social networks or by letter" messages with racist connotations. He claims that citizens are addressing him by his second name, Moussa, which was given to (…)

• Muslim Emmaüs Volunteer Barred from Charente Prefecture Meeting Over Headscarf
  1 July 2024, by Prince

  Ilham Bouhadjar, co-president of Emmaüs Ruffec, was denied entry to a meeting at the prefecture of Charente, in Angoulême, because of her headscarf.
  The activist was unable to participate in a meeting at the Charente prefecture on June 18 because she was wearing a headscarf. She explains to Charente Libre the sequence of events. "We had an appointment at 2 pm. I first dropped off my deputy director, Johanna Ream, in front of the gates, before going to find a parking space since we were a (…)

• Teenager of North African Descent Assaulted in Suspected Racist Attack Near French School
  2 July 2024, by Prince

  Anis, a 14-year-old student in the fourth grade at the Émile Zola college in Sotteville-lès-Rouen, was called a "welfare scrounger" and beaten up by three individuals as he was leaving school on Thursday, June 20. His mother denounces a racist attack.
  As he was waiting for his mother around 7pm near his college after a sports class, Anis was attacked by three unknown young people. The 14-year-old boy, of Franco-Algerian origin, was insulted as a "welfare scrounger" and beaten up, reports (…)

• Police Officer Charged with Murder in Fatal Shooting of Homeless Man in Bobigny
  4 July 2024, by Prince

  Amar, a street cigarette vendor, was killed on Saturday, June 29 in the garage of a house he was squatting in Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis). His relatives denounce a racist crime.
  The 32-year-old homeless man was shot by a 27-year-old police officer who found him squatting in his grandmother’s garage. The officer, who was not on duty, fired seven shots in the direction of the victim and managed to hit him five times. The young police officer was indicted for murder and placed in pre-trial (…)

• French Muslim Council Warns of Rising Islamophobia, Urges Voter Mobilization
  5 July 2024, by Sylvanus

  The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) is concerned about a "very strong resurgence of racist speech and acts of physical violence against citizens identified as ’Arab-Muslim’" and calls on all French people of all religious faiths "to mobilize massively" in the second round of the early legislative elections scheduled for Sunday, July 7, against "the wave of intolerance, hatred and division that is likely to hit" France.
  In a statement, the CFCM cries out its indignation: "The (…)

• Maghrebi Doctors in France Consider Exodus Amid Rising Far-Right Politics
  5 July 2024, by Sylvanus

  After a breakthrough in the first round of the French legislative elections, the prospect of seeing the National Rally (RN) led by Jordan Bardella, who places immigration at the heart of the election campaign, win an absolute majority on July 7, worries doctors of Maghrebi origin. Some are considering leaving France.
  "We are not already spoiled here, but if we have (Jordan) Bardella as Prime Minister, it will be dire. They play on the fear of the other," said Tasnime Labiedh, 33, to (…)