The Human Rights Commissioner indicated that “the acts of violence by certain demonstrators” during the demonstrations against the pension reform “cannot justify the excessive use of force by State agents.”
La Commissaire aux droits de l’homme du Conseil de l’Europe, Dunja Mijatovic, is alarmée vendredi d’un “usage excessive de la force” envers les protestants contra la réforme des retraites, appealant la France à respecter le droit de manifest.
“Violent incidents have occurred, some of which have targeted law enforcement,” the commissioner said in a statement.
“But sporadic acts of violence by some protesters or other misdeeds by others during a protest cannot justify excessive use of force by state agents or deprive peaceful protesters of the right to freedom of expression. meeting,” he continued.
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Source: BFM TV
