Thirteen people linked to a far-right group appeared in a Paris court on Wednesday on charges of publicly inciting racial hatred against French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura, who faced harassment over her performance at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
The defendants, who are linked to the extreme-right group Les Natifs ("the Natives"), are on trial for unveiling a banner in March 2024 that read: "No way Aya, this is Paris, not the Bamako market" – a reference to Mali's capital, where the singer was born – in response to rumours the singer would perform at the Olympic Games opening ceremony that summer.
