his sister, assa, is at the place de la republique to address protesters shouting justice for adama . earlier on, the french government rejected criticism by a un committee that police had used excessive force and racial bias during the recent riots. one of those protestors was journalist, activist and film maker rokhaya diallo. she told me why she was out on the streets. yes, i was on the streets today. first of all, because it s the annual celebration and commemoration of the death of adama traore, who was a young, black french man who died at the hands of the police in 2016. so every year, there has been a march in his home city in persan, which is in the suburbs of paris. and this year, for the first time, it was banned. it has happened every year very peacefully and, yesterday, we learned that it couldn t happen. so the sister of adama traore, who is the voice of the committee in charge of trying to find justice, said that she would be