Sayyidatiihayaa Afra is an Advocacy Officer in The Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (ELSAM). Her research is mainly concerned with business and human rights issues. She also advocates for the freedom to practice one’s religion and beliefs.
The first round of the local elections took place against a backdrop of widespread creeping fascism in France and comes after a brutal offensive by the far right, during which the traditional ‘Republican’ right has decisively broken from much of its historical framework and values.