France condemns far-right protest targeting Black lawmaker

France’s interior minister vowed Saturday to fight “hateful ideology” after far-right extremists posted photos of a protest outside offices of a Black lawmaker. lawmaker, Sira Sylla, tweeted a photo of small demonstration along with words “You will never affect me.”

photo showed five white men holding placards and a banner that re: “Help French, t Africans.” posters and banner all bore name of a far-right extremist group. two men holding banner also waved lit flares.Sylla, a lawyer from rmandy town of Rouen, where she was born, is a member of French President Emmanuel Macron’s Republic on Move! party. In her tweet, she said she was “more determined than ever!”

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin tweeted his support and described targeting of Sylla as “vile.”He said France won’t “cede an iota to hateful ideology of se extremist groups.”

same photo and two ors like it were posted on a Telegram channel seemingly set up by a rmandy wing of anti-immigration far-right group. A posting on channel said militants’ protest at lawmaker’s office in outskirts of Rouen was “to remind her of need for priorities: help French!”

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