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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 […]

Shot teenager’s grandmother urges end to French overnight riots

A person reacts while a police officer holds a baton during protests 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 2nd July, 2023.

Paris, FranceReuters The grandmother of the teenager shot dead by police during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb said on Sunday she wanted the nationwide rioting triggered by his killing to end, as France braced for a potential sixth night of unrest. Some 45,000 police were deployed again on Sunday night, according to Interior […]

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 […]

France’s Macron promises government action plan in next 100 days

French President Emmanuel Macron appears on a screen, as he speaks during a special address to the nation from the Elysee Palace, after he signed into law the pension reform raising the retirement age, in Paris, France, on 17th April, 2023.

Paris, France Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday gave himself 100 days to heal the country after weeks of protests and anger at his unpopular plans to raise the retirement age, asking his government to open talks with unions on a wide range of issues. In a televised speech two days after signing into […]

French EU presidency to push for worldwide end to death penalty, says Macron

Paris, FranceReuters France will launch a campaign for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty as part of its upcoming presidency of the European Union, President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday. A conference will be held in Paris gathering civil society groups from countries where the death penalty is in use or suspended, Macron said […]

France rebukes bishop who said sex abuse revealed at confession would stay secret

France Catholic Church Nantes confessional

Paris, FranceReuters France’s top bishop has been summoned by the interior minister after saying that the pact of secrecy would prevent a priest from reporting sex crimes against children that were revealed during Catholic confession. Following the publication of a report this week about sexual abuse of children by the clergy, Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, who […]

Lebanese demand justice on port blast anniversary

Beirut, LebanonReuters Lebanon’s leading Christian cleric said there could be no immunity from prosecution over the catastrophic Beirut port blast and that officials were evading investigation, as many Lebanese marked the first anniversary by demanding justice. As Lebanon suffers a crippling economic collapse, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai also criticised the ruling class for failing […]

French Senate blocks referendum on climate change

Paris, FranceReuters The French Senate has voted to block a referendum promised by President Emmanuel Macron on whether to enshrine the fight against climate change in the French Constitution, it said in a statement on Monday. Macron had pledged to organise such a vote in response to criticism that he has not done enough to […]

Macron tests positive for COVID-19, European leaders rush for tests

French President Emmanuel Macron and Portugals Prime Minister Antonio Costa

Paris, ReutersReuters President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, prompting a track-and-trace effort across Europe following numerous meetings between the French leader and EU heads of government in recent days. Macron, who will turn 43 on Monday, is running France remotely and has gone into quarantine at the presidential retreat of La […]

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