A-Infos (en) France, UCL Press Release: Truth and Justice for El Hacen Diarra! (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

This Sunday, January 25, more than 2,300 people marched in the 20th 
arrondissement of Paris to demand truth and justice for El Hacen Diarra, 
murdered on January 14 by the police. Yet another racist murder 
perpetrated by a police force on the verge of fascism, whose violence is 
covered up by a well-oiled system. ----
El Hacen was a Mauritanian immigrant worker. On January 14, according to 
witnesses, he left his hostel for some fresh air. It was there that the 
police, using the pretext of a routine check, beat him severely and 
tasered him, as shown in a video recording. He was then taken to the 
20th arrondissement police station where he died.

While the police officers' account could not be corroborated by any body 
cameras, whose batteries had mysteriously died, Interior Minister 
Laurent Nuñez immediately sided with them, justifying the arrest on the 
grounds of alleged drug possession and dehumanizing El Hacen by 
referring to him as an "individual." This account was echoed by a 
segment of the media, accustomed to parroting the prefectures' 
pronouncements.

At a time when we are rightly outraged by the murders committed by ICE, 
Trump's fascist militia in the United States, the French police are not 
to be outdone. Since 2005, 162 people have died in France following 
attempted police checks, and 560 people have died during interactions 
with law enforcement, including 65 in 2024. The police kill, and they 
are killing more and more, fueled by the racist and security-obsessed 
rhetoric and policies of the right and far right.

More than 10 days after the events, the police officers responsible for 
this "arrest" are still on duty. El Hacen's neighbors and loved ones are 
afraid to leave their homes. They know what El Hacen's crime was in the 
eyes of the police: being a Black man in public. With municipal 
elections just a few months away, it is time to address the issue of 
police brutality and demand accountability, including from those who 
claim to represent the left but arm the police. The safety of our class 
is at stake, and particularly that of racialized or marginalized people 
who are the primary targets of a radicalized police force.

Disarming the police, protecting our loved ones and our neighbors-these 
must be our watchwords. Truth and justice for El Hacen!

Libertarian Communist Union, January 28, 2026.

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Verite-et-justice-pour-El-Hacen-Diarra
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