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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
Athenea Pérez, Miss Murcia, was crowned Miss Spain on Saturday in Tenerife and will be the Spanish representative at the Miss Universe pageant. Black in color, the young woman was described as the "first racialized Miss" by the Spanish press after her coronation.
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the United Nations body, expressed its "deep concern" about the practices of the police forces in France towards minorities. This concern follows the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager, shot by a police officer during a traffic stop in Nanterre, near Paris, on June 27.
A 23-year-old man of Moroccan origin, a cultural mediator living in La Coruña, in northwestern Spain, has filed a complaint, claiming to have been the victim of a racist attack by two bouncers.
A majority of French people (67%) believe that racism is indeed present within the police force, according to a YouGov poll.
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.
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".
France has responded to the statement by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the "deep-rooted problems of racism and discrimination within the law enforcement ".