(en) Alternative Libertaire AL - Malian and opposed French intervention Malians come to France must be able to speak! (fr)

Aminata Traor? (resigned former Minister of Culture of Mali, initiator of the call Women 
of Mali against the war), was invited to Paris to explain his stance against the French 
intervention in Mali, during a meeting Public scheduled for April 22 at the AGECA, 
entitled "No to war in Mali! Withdrawal of troops! ". ---- At the World Social Forum in 
Tunis, she said in effect: "The war that was imposed today in Mali is not a war of 
liberation of the Malian people, but a war of plunder resources. I regret that many 
activists are wrong to challenge supporting a war is a war of position for a former 
colonial power. " ---- Aminata Traor?, who was granted a visa to travel to Berlin from 17 
to 19 April, was informed by the German Embassy that France has prevented obtaining a visa 
for all Schengen countries. ---- How not to make the link between Aminata Traor? and the 
fact that she is persona non grata in France political beliefs?

This censorship of a Malian antiwar activist is outrageous. It is not also the first time 
that the French state does so because Oumar Mariko, General Secretary of SADI (African 
Solidarity for Democracy and Independence), was returned to Mali in spring 2012 when he 
was in transit to get to Roissy USA. He still has no freedom of movement at present.

We demand that the Quai d'Orsay not to obstruct the arrival in France of these activists, 
now and in the future.

First Signatories: Libertarian Alternative (AL), French Friendship Association and 
Solidarity with the Peoples of Africa (AFASPA), Emergence, United Front of Immigrations 
and Neighborhoods Popular (FUIQP) New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA), Party natives of the 
Republic (PIR), Exit Colonialism.

Published April 20, 2013 by International Secretariat