Nicole Borvo

Nicole Borvo, senator for Paris's 13th district, where the fire took place, acknowledged that racism was the backdrop to the tragedy. "When hundreds of families compete for the same flat, the one with the foreign-sounding name can easily become a victim of discrimination," she said.

January 4, 2006: the President of France's communist party, Nicole Borvo, welcomed as a "positive step by France" the decision taken by President Chirac to review the constitution in order to include the abolition of the death penalty "under all circumstances". "Its a positive step taking into account the fact that death sentences and executions continue to be carried out around the world," said in a statement the senator, also vice-president of the senate's legislative commitee. Borvo was spearheading a bill for "the creation of a national day for the universal abolition of the death penalty", voted in by the Senate on February 12, 2002, but never debated in parliament. (Sources: Afp, 04/01/2006)

For instance, in France, the international petition was supported by most LGBT organizations, and also, among others, by Robert Badinter (former minister of justice), Christine Bard (historian), Nicole Borvo (senator), Marie-George Buffet (leader of the Communist Party), Bertrand Delanoë (mayor of Paris), Florence Dupont (historian), Laurent Fabius (former Prime Minister), Éric Fassin (sociologist), Mgr Jacques Gaillot (bishop), Anne F. Garreta (writer), Noël Mamere (member of Parliament), Jean-Pierre Michel (senator), Pierre Moscovici (former minister of foreign affairs), Angelo Rinaldi (of the Academie française) Élisabeth Roudinesco (psychoanalyst), Dominique Strauss-Kahn (former minister of Economy), Florence Tamagne (historian), Paul Veyne (historian), Dominique Voynet (senator)...

The French delegation included: Chantal Calliquil, member of the European Parliament; Mireille Fanon, French human-rights activist and daughter of Frantz Fanon, the famous Algerian author of "The Wretched of the Earth"; Marina Rejeski, French human-rights activist; Nicole Borvo, French senator from the Communist Party; and Jackie Hortauet, representative of the CGT, aFrench labor organization.Members of the delegation planned to travel to S.C.I. Greene State Prison to visit Abu-Jamal and to meet with prison officials concerning his health.

Nicole Borvo, Senator, Paris City Council Member, France

Nicole Borvo , a senator and member of the French Communist Party , attended , as did young people from Japan , Germany and Norway.

Benoit Bechet came from French Guiana in South America.We in Guiana have been fighting for Mumia , he told WW.Even the National Assembly has voted 100 percent for Mumia.

A victory in this fight can be very influential throughout the world , Bechet said.

According to Communist Party senator Nicole Borvo, Raffarin told a meeting at his residence that there was neither a demand for nor payment of a ransom.
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We can consider this to be the word of the prime minister," said Borvo.