The judges of the administrative court of Paris confirmed this Saturday, July 15 the ban on a demonstration against police violence planned in the afternoon place de la République.
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“ The police headquarters, supported by the judges of the administrative court of Paris, prevents all channels of democratic expression of perfectly legitimate claims “, reacted Me Lucie Simon on behalf of the National Coordination against police violence, made up of around fifty organizations including LFI, EELV and the CGT. ” Such a decision leaves a bitter taste of incomprehension among the organizers, feeling muzzled in their most fundamental right of expression. “, she added.
Requested by AFP, the police headquarters ” takes note » of the court decision and « recalls that the demonstration is prohibited “.
On social networks, the National Coordination against police violence criticizes a “ administrative tribunal under the orders of (Gérald) Darmanin and announces a press conference at 2 p.m. (12 p.m. UT), before a meeting at 3 p.m. at the Bidassoa gymnasium, in the 20th arrondissement. It no longer mentions a demonstration at 3:00 p.m. in République.
A context of “low availability of law enforcement”
The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, announced on Wednesday the banning of this gathering, as well as any other ” event directly related to riots » until July 15 inclusive.
During the hearing before the administrative court on Saturday morning, Me Lucie Simon denounced ” a general instruction and therefore illegal to ban demonstrations. ” If we want to curb anger, we must channel its democratic expression “, she pleaded on behalf of the organizers.
For the representative of the police headquarters at the hearing, the problem ” is not the object of the demonstration but the possibility that violent individuals are present there. And this in a context of low availability of law enforcement » after the recent nights of urban violence and the mobilization of a large security force on Thursday and Friday evening for July 14th.
The police headquarters had already banned last week a previous demonstration in Paris aimed at honoring the memory of Adama Traoré, who died shortly after his arrest by gendarmes in July 2016. Despite this prefectural measure, around 2,000 people gathered last Saturday.
(With AFP)