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Hundreds defy Paris protest ban a week after riots

People attend a march in memory of Adama Traore, a 24-year-old Black Frenchman who died in a 2016 police operation, organised by his relatives, in a new context of mobilisations against police violence and inequality, following the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer in Nanterre during a traffic stop, in Paris, France, on 8th July, 2023.

Paris, France Reuters Hundreds of protesters defied a ban on Saturday to march in central Paris against police violence, a week after riots sparked by the killing of a teenager in a Parisian suburb. Police dispersed the crowd from Paris’s huge Place de la Republique, sending several hundred people towards the wide Boulevard Magenta, where […]

France riots: mayors hold defiant rallies amid uneasy calm

L'Hay-les-Roses mayor Vincent Jeanbrun, French Senate President Gerard Larcher, Ile-de-France Region President Valerie Pecresse, Member of parliament Eric Ciotti of the French conservative party Les Republicains (LR) attend a march with French politicians, elected officials and residents in support of L'Hay-les-Roses mayor, whose home was targeted by rioters, putting in danger his wife and two children, during unrests following the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer in Nanterre during a traffic stop, in L'Hay-les-Roses near Paris, France, on 3rd July 2023.

Paris, FranceReuters Defiant gatherings were held outside town halls across France on Monday following a wave of rioting triggered by the fatal police shooting of a teenager of north African descent. Police made fewer than 160 arrests overnight, offering some relief for President Emmanuel Macron in his fight to reimpose order, just months after rolling […]

France deploys 45,000 police after riots over teen’s death

Officers ride a vehicle during riots following the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer in Nanterre during a traffic stop, in Lille, France, on 30th June, 2023.

Paris, FranceReuters France’s interior minister said on Friday the coming hours would be decisive as he sent 45,000 police onto the streets following three nights of riots since an officer shot dead a teenager at a traffic stop in a working class suburb of Paris. The violence, in which buildings and vehicles have been torched […]

New protests against Macron and his pension bill amid warnings of violence

French police look on as protesters holding French CGT labour union flags in front of the glass Pyramid block the entrance of the Louvre museum to protest against the French government's pension reform, in Paris, France, March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Marco Trujillo

Paris, FranceReuters France faces a new nationwide day of strikes and protests on Tuesday after some of the country’s worst street violence in years marred rallies over the past week. Protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to delay retirement age by two years to 64 had been largely peaceful so far. French police look on […]

Lawmakers debate bill to rout out radical Islam in France

France Nice Notre Dame Church attack Oct 2020

Paris, FranceAP French lawmakers debated a bill on Monday they hope will uproot radical Islam in the country, beliefs that authorities maintain are creeping into public services, associations, some schools and online with the goal of undermining national values. The bill is broad and controversial, with around 1,700 proposed amendments, and it guarantees heated debate […]

France unveils draft law to fight Islamist radicalism

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Paris, FranceAP The French Government unveiled a draft law Wednesday aimed at better arming France against Islamist radicalism, a project promoted by President Emmanuel Macron to root out what he calls “separatists” undermining the nation. France has suffered numerous Islamist terrorist attacks, including the gruesome beheading of a teacher in October who had showed his […]

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