Sport
Racist Chants Mar Spain's Euro Victory Celebration, Target Young Star Lamine Yamal
Racist chants against Lamine Yamal were chanted on Monday during the celebration of the Spanish team’s victory at the Euro on the Plaza Cibeles in Madrid.
Topic
Racism
Sport
French Rugby Star Melvyn Jaminet Under Investigation for Alleged Racist Death Threats
The Paris Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation for "death threat on the grounds of origin" against the French rugby player Melvyn Jaminet following a report from SOS Racisme.
Sport
Barcelona Prodigy Lamine Yamal Faces Backlash Over Spain National Team Choice
The Spanish international of Moroccan and Equatorial Guinean origin, Lamine Yamal , was the victim of racism from Moroccans in Mataró (Barcelona), after deciding to play for La Roja, reveals a close friend of the 16-year-old striker who is racking up precocity records.
Sport
French Rugby Star Sanctioned for Racist Remarks in Viral Video
The French Rugby Federation (FFR) has sanctioned Melvyn Jaminet, the fullback of the French national team, who made racist remarks in a video that was mistakenly shared on his social media.
France
Maghrebi Doctors in France Consider Exodus Amid Rising Far-Right Politics
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.
France
French Muslim Council Warns of Rising Islamophobia, Urges Voter Mobilization
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.
France
Police Officer Charged with Murder in Fatal Shooting of Homeless Man in Bobigny
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.
France
Teenager of North African Descent Assaulted in Suspected Racist Attack Near French School
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.
France
Muslim Emmaüs Volunteer Barred from Charente Prefecture Meeting Over Headscarf
Ilham Bouhadjar, co-president of Emmaüs Ruffec, was denied entry to a meeting at the prefecture of Charente, in Angoulême, because of her headscarf.
France
French Interior Minister Faces Racist Attacks Over Algerian Heritage
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.
France
Educators Warn of Rising Racist Rhetoric in French Schools Ahead of Elections
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.
France
Trial Begins for Two Men Accused in Fatal Lyon Bridge Incident
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".