Faced with a surge in insults and threats, five prominent figures from La France Insoumise (LFI) have spoken out. Danièle Obono, Aly Diouara, Carlos Martens Bilongo, Nadège Abomangoli, and Bally Bagayoko filed a complaint this Thursday in Paris to denounce a series of racist attacks of dehumanizing violence.

Offensive letters to the National Assembly

At the end of March, the parliamentary group received a letter using images taken from the comic book Tintin in the Congo . The content, described as public racist insults , explicitly compares the elected officials to animals and associates them with degrading colonial legends.

Chirinne Ardakani, the plaintiffs' lawyer, denounces a systematic process:

"This recourse to animalization suggests a supposed racial superiority and denies these elected officials their belonging to the national community."

Tags of "remigration" in the Pyrenees

In parallel with the Parisian complaint, a second legal action has been launched in Tarbes. The reason: graffiti discovered on the walls of Bagnères-de-Bigorre , specifically targeting Danièle Obono, Carlos Martens Bilongo, and Bally Bagayoko with the inscription "Remigration." The municipality has also filed a complaint.

An international alert to the UN

This legal offensive comes amid rising tensions. Carlos Martens Bilongo had already been the target of death threats in January, while Bally Bagayoko, the mayor of Saint-Denis, is regularly subjected to media attacks.

Regretting the excessive number of complaints dismissed by the French justice system, the elected officials decided to take a further step:

1. Referral to the UN: They appealed to the United Nations Special Rapporteur.
2. Objective: To raise awareness about contemporary forms of xenophobia and the lack of sufficient response from authorities to this unashamed hatred.