racist in Strasbourg: it Enough! PRESS
Since the beginning of the year, many racist, xenophobic, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic, or more broadly affecting a particular class of individuals have been committed in Strasbourg. The home of Roland Ries, Mayor of the city, was labeled racist and Islamophobic tag in January. Then there was a succession of violent acts throughout the year, affecting in turn, a person of Jewish faith, who was assaulted physically place the iron man, Jewish and Muslim graves in cemeteries of the city, which were desecrated, and more recently a trader's van selling halal products, tagged enrollment Islamophobic. Yesterday, the director of public cinema Odyssey , of Turkish origin, who saw his car and his home burned tagged with swastikas.
This list is not exhaustive, unfortunately, only the most publicized actions have been identified. In fact, it does not go a week without, in a district of Strasbourg, a person is assaulted, either verbally or physically, by hateful and intolerant individuals, who want to hurt him because she does not to their "standard".
The Strasbourg chapter of the League of Human Rights once again expresses its indignation and condemns in the strongest terms the perpetrators of these intolerable acts.
The situation continues to deteriorate, some residents in submitting a new form of insecurity. We say "Enough!" It is unacceptable that at the beginning of the XXI th century, we can feel safe in the streets of Strasbourg, the mere fact of being Muslim, Jewish, black, foreign or homosexual.
The Act prohibits any act fortunately hate against this or This category of individuals. However, it appears that it is extremely difficult for police to trace the attackers ... So we hope to put it and will do everything possible to stop them, so they are tried and punished. That is how we can deter extremists from committing such serious offenses.
Meanwhile, in the national context of stigmatization of people for political ends, we call on citizens to resist. He is waving high the values cherished in our country, freedom, equality, fraternity, but also tolerance. In everyday discussions, the acts of everyday life, is to show that it takes to live together and the cultural mix. Because it's the cohesion of society. We must also reject the radicalization of discourse, sometimes at the edge of legality, which only encourage the criminals to start over, or sometimes a legitimate first passage to the act.
In Strasbourg, in France as elsewhere, there is no place for those who want to attack the foundations of our society. No place for intolerance, hatred and violence.
