France criticised at UN over police violence, racism
Al JazeeraThe UN’s Human Rights Council calls on France to reduce police violence and take steps to address racism. France has been criticised by the United Nations Human Rights Council for increased police violence, including against protesters, as widespread Labour Day demonstrations take over the country. France must “take measures to, in a transparent manner, address allegations regarding excessive use of force by police and gendarmerie against protesters during demonstrations”, Sweden’s representative told the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, when France marks its annual Labour Day. Besides the recent tensions between police forces and demonstrators at the country’s pension-reform protests, rights groups have also previously pointed out the extensive scale of police violence in France during the 2018 “gilets jaunes” yellow vests protests and the 2022 Champions League finals, and have called on Paris to address the issue. At the Geneva-based UN Council on Monday, Russia’s representative Kristina Sukacheva, whose country has also been criticised for police violence, said that “the harsh and sometimes violent measures aimed at dispersing peaceful citizens” in France is a call for concern.
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