Germany’s first African-born member of Parliament said this week that he would not seek office again in next year’s general elections.
Although he played down racism as a factor, he made the announcement a short time after his staff released the contents of a slew of hate mail and death threats that his office had received.
But he has been outspoken about the abuse he has experienced, which has markedly increased in volume and tenor in recent years.
Bullets were fired through the window of his district office in 2020, and the office was a target of arson last year.
“I can’t wipe all this away,” Mr. Diaby was reported as saying in an interview, according to the Funke Media Group, a major German newspaper and magazine publisher.
Persons:
Germany’s, Karamba, “, ”, ” Mr, Diaby
Organizations:
Bullets, Funke Media
Locations:
Senegal