The president of SOS Racism Dominique  "welcomes" the recognition of the "racist" character of the attack against Kurds on December 23 in Paris, he declared on Tuesday on France Bleu Paris, the day after the indictment in particular for "murder because of the race" of the main suspect of the shooting which killed three people. >> What you need to know about the racist attack against Kurds in Paris "We welcome this decision insofar as it is necessary that justice correctly qualifies the facts and that at least we are of course racist assassinations and attempted assassinations, as expressed by the author of the facts", underlines the activist . Dominique Sopo welcomes this all the more since the courts did not recognize the racist nature of the saber attack perpetrated by this same man against a migrant camp a year ago.

An attack emblematic of the current climate

For the president of SOS Racisme, "what happened on rue  from Enghienis an illustration of this dimension that we have had in our country for several months, in the media space, in the political space, in the intellectual space, in terms of stirring up hatred, mistrust of foreigners or people of immigrant origin".

He denounces the "increase" in the threat from the ultra-right, which is based according to him on an "increase in verbal threats through speeches by political leaders", such as Eric Zemmour , far-right candidate for the Presidential election of 2022, or like the deputy National Rally Grégoire de Fournas who shouted the phrase "let him return to Africa" while the deputy La France insoumise Carlos Martens Bilongo spoke in the National Assembly. "We are in a context where, in general, the far right has succeeded in pushing the limits of what can be said in the public space", he laments.