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In France, protests broke out again against a bill that would penalize the distribution of photographs of police officers with the aim of causing them harm.
Protests against the renewed bill in France
AFP
In France, protests broke out again against a bill that would sanction the distribution of photographs of police officers with the aim of harming them. In Paris, some 5,000 people took to the streets, reports Le Parisien.
In Paris, between the Châtelet and the Place de la République, the “Freedom March” took place. According to the ministry, it attracted 5,000 people and was overshadowed by several waves of tension. More than 140 people were arrested.
More than 26,000 protesters took to the streets of France in cities such as Montpellier, Strasbourg, Dijon, Tours and Lyon.
On the streets of Lyon, protesters clashed with security forces, the police used tear gas against them. As a result of the protests, five people were arrested.
“Global security” law: thousands of people demonstrate in Lyon, the first clashes
️ “The air is unbreathable” #Lyon #manif #GlobalSecurityLaw pic.twitter.com/Pgv4dX9ZSP
– Le Progrès Rhône (@leprogresrhone) December 12, 2020
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said serious clashes and pogroms were prevented during the demonstrations, including car fires and shop window collapses.
“The force stayed with the law. Several hundred thugs came to commit violent acts. The strategy of resilience against robberies – 142 arrests and observing the procession – helped prevent them,” he wrote in Twitter.
This is the fourth Saturday in a row that French citizens have protested controversial bills. More than 52 thousand people took to the streets of the big cities last weekend.
Note that the “Global Security” law provides for the punishment for spreading an image of the face of a policeman or gendarme with “the purpose of causing harm to their physical or mental integrity.”
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