The report, commissioned by President Emmanuel Macron, found that France’s colonial mind-set had blinded it to the atrocity. The authors, though, cleared France of complicity.
Author: NORIMITSU ONISHI
Lucky Luke, the Comic Book Cowboy, Discovers Race, Belatedly
For the first time in the Franco-Belgian comic book classic, Black characters have full-fledged roles and are drawn without the racist depictions that marred the genre.
‘Woke’ American Ideas Are a Threat, French Leaders Say
Politicians and prominent intellectuals say social theories from the United States on race, gender and post-colonialism are a threat to French identity and the French republic.
Video Assault Thrusts Michel Zecler, and French Police, Into Spotlight
A music producer believes he’d be in jail unjustly if not for a video showing how officers assaulted him. Instead, the police are now in the eye of a political storm. And so is he.
Suspect Stalked French School Before Beheading Teacher, Officials Say
The suspect, a Russian immigrant, was angered by a classroom display of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad and sought help identifying the teacher involved.
Paris Chef Commits Suicide After Assault Allegations, Family Says
Taku Sekine, 39, famous for his restaurants, Dersou and Cheval d’Or, had faced recent accusations of sexual violence.
Europe Is Learning to Live With the Coronavirus, Even as Cases Rise
Protections like wearing masks, which have proved divisive in the United States, are now widespread on the continent, helping people get on with their lives with calculated risk.
How Should Feminism Target Sexual Abuse? A Battle in Patriarchal France
A high-profile sexual abuse case has pitted competing strains of feminism against each other in a country where the #MeToo movement was slow to take hold.
Charlie Hebdo Republishes Cartoons of Prophet Muhammad That Prompted 2015 Attack
The decision by the French satirical magazine to recirculate cartoons about the Prophet Muhammad and Islam coincides with the start of a long-awaited trial for the attack that killed 11 of its staff.
Former Deputy Mayor of Paris Under Investigation in Rape of Minor
Christophe Girard, who has come under criticism for his longstanding support of the pedophile writer Gabriel Matzneff, has denied the allegations.