Assa Traoré "proud" to be named "Guardian of the Year" by "Time"

Assa Traoré, sister Adama Traoré, leading the march marking the fourth anniversary of her brother's death, Saturday July 18.

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The American magazine

designated, this Friday, Assa Traoré, the sister of Adama, a young black man of 24 years who died in 2016 after his arrest, "Guardian of the Year".

"A consecration" for the activist who asks "France to take its responsibilities" on the issues of police violence.

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does me an honor

, a consecration for the fight that we have been leading since the death of my little brother", reacted the one who gathered at the beginning of June, with the "The truth for Adama" committee, thousands of people in Paris and hundreds more all over France.

The investigation still ongoing

In the traditional end-of-year issue of the famous magazine dedicated to the women and men who made the news in 2020, Assa Traoré, 35, was named "Guardians of the Year", alongside other organizations and anti-racist activists.

Adama Traoré died on July 19, 2016 after his arrest, after a chase with the gendarmes in Beaumont-sur-Oise (Val-d'Oise).

Relatives of the victim have claimed for four years that he was "killed" by the gendarmes.

But the investigation, still ongoing, has not established with certainty the causes of his death.

To the legal expertises clearing customs the gendarmes replied the medical reports requested by the family implicating them.

To date, the gendarmes have not been indicted.

"France is very late on questions of police violence"

"When we see that France has reduced our fight to insults and accusations, we need a consecration to come from abroad", added this figure of anti-racism, who also received in June a BET awards , prize awarded by an American television channel to African-American and minority personalities.

According to the activist, "France is very late on issues of police violence, it must take its responsibilities because we are now thousands in the streets to denounce them".

“It's a daily struggle to finally see Assa Traoré in the international press!

We have patiently built an anti-racist movement which has shaken up the entire political and media scene, ”said Youcef Brakni, activist and pillar of the Adama committee, on Twitter.

“France, the world is watching you,” journalist and activist Rokhaya Diallo also tweeted.

The magazine also named US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris "Personalities of the Year."

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