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Hedi Martin, an organiser, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment after publishing an event on [[Facebook]].<ref>https://www.activistpost.com/2019/01/journalist-given-six-months-in-prison-for-organizing-yellow-vests-protest-on-facebook.html</ref> | Hedi Martin, an organiser, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment after publishing an event on [[Facebook]].<ref>https://www.activistpost.com/2019/01/journalist-given-six-months-in-prison-for-organizing-yellow-vests-protest-on-facebook.html</ref> | ||
===Police violence=== | ===Police violence=== | ||
| − | By January 2019, around 2000 unarmed demonstrators had been seriously injured, including lost eyes and hands. Around 3000 had been lightly injured.<ref>https://21stcenturywire.com/2019/01/29/gilets-jaunes-civilians-in-police-crosshairs-as-macron-adopts-totalitarian-state-practices-to-suppress-dissent/</ref> | + | On 1 December 2018, an 80 year old, Zineb Redouane, was killed by a tear gas grenade.<ref>https://desarmons.net/index.php/2019/01/04/recensement-provisoire-des-blesses-graves-des-manifestations-du-mois-de-decembre-2018/</ref> Olivier Beziade was shot in the back of the head by French police in January 2019.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6593807/Shocking-video-shows-fireman-Yellow-Vest-protestor-shot-head-French-police.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490</ref> By January 2019, around 2000 unarmed demonstrators had been seriously injured, including lost eyes and hands. Around 3000 had been lightly injured.<ref>https://21stcenturywire.com/2019/01/29/gilets-jaunes-civilians-in-police-crosshairs-as-macron-adopts-totalitarian-state-practices-to-suppress-dissent/</ref> |
===Permission to "open fire"=== | ===Permission to "open fire"=== | ||
Revision as of 16:54, 24 March 2019
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| Date | 17 November 2018 - Present |
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| Interest of | Anonyme Citoyen |
| Description | A series of mass demonstrations in France expression dissatisfaction with the political process. Subject to increasingly violent repression. |
The Yellow vests movement (gilets janues) is an ongoing grassroots political and economic justice movement in France. It has been the subject of increasingly violent repression by the French state authorities.
Contents
Response
Prison sentences for using Facebook
Hedi Martin, an organiser, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment after publishing an event on Facebook.[1]
Police violence
On 1 December 2018, an 80 year old, Zineb Redouane, was killed by a tear gas grenade.[2] Olivier Beziade was shot in the back of the head by French police in January 2019.[3] By January 2019, around 2000 unarmed demonstrators had been seriously injured, including lost eyes and hands. Around 3000 had been lightly injured.[4]
Permission to "open fire"
In March 2019, Bruno Leray explicitly allowed the French police "open fire" if they deemed that lives were threatened by Yellow Vest.[5]
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References
- ↑ https://www.activistpost.com/2019/01/journalist-given-six-months-in-prison-for-organizing-yellow-vests-protest-on-facebook.html
- ↑ https://desarmons.net/index.php/2019/01/04/recensement-provisoire-des-blesses-graves-des-manifestations-du-mois-de-decembre-2018/
- ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6593807/Shocking-video-shows-fireman-Yellow-Vest-protestor-shot-head-French-police.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- ↑ https://21stcenturywire.com/2019/01/29/gilets-jaunes-civilians-in-police-crosshairs-as-macron-adopts-totalitarian-state-practices-to-suppress-dissent/
- ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6838623/French-soldiers-allowed-OPEN-FIRE-lives-threatened-Yellow-Vest-rioters.html
