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11/04/2012 - France

French police face court action over racist ID check allegations

Fifteen French citizens are taking the government to court over alleged racist policing. They all claim to have been stopped by police purely because of the colour of their skin.

Ethnic jobseekers face racial discrimination
06/04/2012 - On-the-spot France

Ethnic jobseekers face racial discrimination

Despite strong anti-discrimination legislation in France, graduates from so-called visible minorities still struggle to get jobs in line with their qualifications.

29/03/2012 - France

French perfume boss Guerlain fined 6,000 euros for racist remarks

A Paris court has fined perfumier Jean-Paul Guerlain 6,000 euros for a racist remark he made during an interview in 2010 on public television in which he used the French term ‘negre’ ...

29/03/2012 - France - Algeria

Toulouse killer Mohamed Merah to be buried in France, after refusal from Algeria

Mohamed Merah, the Islamist gunman who killed three Jewish schoolchildren, a teacher and three soldiers near Toulouse, will be buried in France because Algeria refused a request from his family to ...

Toulouse and Paris march against racism
27/03/2012 - On-the-spot France

Toulouse and Paris march against racism

France is on edge as more is learned about Mohammed Merah, who died in a violent standoff with police after he murdered three French soldiers, a rabbi and three Jewish schoolchildren in the city ...

22/03/2012 - France

Toulouse killer Merah died after jumping out of window, police say

Mohamed Merah died after jumping out of the window of his Toulouse flat during a shoot-out with police, French Interior Minister Claude Guéant told reporters Thursday shortly after the ...

20/03/2012 - Analysis: French presidential election campaign 2012

Ten left standing - the candidates who made it to the 2012 French presidential election

Ten candidates have made it through the procedural obstacle course to stand for president of France in 2012.

A pupil is escorted as he leaves the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school in Toulouse
19/03/2012 - France

Synagogues receive hate mail, presidential campaign suspended amid shock at Jewish school killings

Police revealed on Monday that they have opened an inquiry after two synagogues in Paris received threatening letters, one at the weekend and one on Monday morning, the same day that three ...

19/03/2012 - France

Rabbi and three children killed in Toulouse Jewish school shooting

A rabbi who taught Hebrew and three children have been killed in a shooting outside a Jewish school in Toulouse, south-west France, reports said Monday morning.

09/03/2012 - France

Eurostar employees file racism complaint against Guerlain perfume boss

Three Eurostar employees have filed a complaint on charges of racism against the French perfumier Jean-Paul Guerlain according to a French radio station.

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