A video to denounce the presence of “Islamophobic tags in Tours“ Was put online on Sunday July 6, 2025 on the social network X (ex-owner) by the account of young Communists of Indre-et-Loire. Astrid, the group’s departmental coordinator, appears in front of the camera to denounce this “Result of a political and media climate that legitimizes hatred” and to invite to “Organize the response”, “Faced with the rise of racism and Islamophobia”.
This publication has aroused many violent reactions. Insults and threats. These “Ignoble, sexist, violent and hateful words” This Wednesday, July 9, 2025 are convicted in a press release from the secretary of the Federation of the French Communist Party (PCF) in Indre-et-Loire.
“These attacks aim to silence those that engage”
Fabien LEMET writes in particular: “In these words, we read explicit calls for rape of leftist women, humiliating insinuations on their physical appearance, sexist insults such as “Go to dress slut”fantasies of extreme violence like “She will end up in a cellar” Or even dehumanizing remarks reducing an activist woman to an object of sexual consumption. These attacks are not trivial. They aim to silence those who engage. »»
PCF 37 calls “The public authorities to take full responsibility” and even “The public prosecutor to take up these facts”. The party also writes: “It is urgent that concrete measures are taken so that these hate speeches are withdrawn, that their authors are prosecuted and that the platforms cease to be the complacent relay. »»
