Sitting on a low wall, overlooking the prefecture of Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), her eyes glazed with fatigue and cold, Rafika does not take her eyes off the entrance. He waited for the ministers, Laurent Nuñez and Gérald Darmanin, to come out. Passing through the city of Marseille a week after the murder of Mehdi Kessaci, brother of activist Amine Kessaci, this young woman wanted to challenge them, despite being afraid, tired and cold. “I want to talk to them, tell them that my brother is not just the headline in the newspaper, not just the news,” he sighed, clutching tightly to an envelope he had just collected from the police. It contained his eldest son’s personal belongings. Trembling, Rafika took out a watch which still showed traces of the deceased’s blood.
“I was the one who gave it to him, he wore it the day they committed suicide. They also returned his wallet, it was full of bullets,” continued Rafika while taking an inventory of her brother’s belongings.
