Allegation Letter regarding Judicial Harassment of Human Rights Defender Assa Traoré in France (26 November 2021)

To: France

Subject: Information received concerning alleged judicial harassment against human rights defender Assa Traoré for her activism against police violence, particularly her efforts to demand justice and transparency regarding the circumstances of her brother Adama Traoré’s death, who died following an arrest by gendarmes in Beaumont-sur-Oise on 19 July 2016.

Mandates: African Descent; Freedom of opinion and expression; Human rights defenders; Racism