France
French police used excessive force during sometimes violent demonstrations since late 2018, causing injuries to protestors who were not engaged in violence. An April 2019 protest law risks undermining the right to freedom of peaceful assembly. The government failed to pursue necessary reforms to tackle discriminatory police identity checks. Asylum seekers and migrants sometimes face police abuse. Flawed age assessments of unaccompanied migrant children exclude many from care. Counterterrorism powers remain open to abuse. A November 2017 security law grants the authorities emergency powers without judicial safeguards that undermine the rights to liberty, freedoms of movement, association, expression, privacy and security.
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France: Children Left in Limbo despite COVID-19
Unaccompanied Migrant Children Deprived of Basic Services in Marseille and Gap
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France: Police Crowd Control Methods Maim People
Review Use of ‘Instant’ Tear Gas Grenades and Rubber Projectiles
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In a Year of Pandemic and Pain, Women Fight Back
As domestic violence rates soar in Europe under COVID-19 restrictions, women’s groups protest government inaction from Poland to Turkey.
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What China’s Foreign Minister Should Expect in Europe
Beijing’s Growing Repression Needs a Global Response
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Forty-Nine Migrant Children Moved to Safety in France
Over a Thousand Still Stranded in Hellish Conditions on Greek Islands
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Another Youth Drowns Trying to Row to Safety in the UK
The Death Should Prompt Policy Change in London and Paris
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Averting a Mushroom Cloud of Impunity in Lebanon
Independent International Investigation Needed for the Beirut Blast
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Unaccompanied Migrant Children Sleeping Outside in Paris
Authorities Should Urgently Protect Them, Give Them Shelter
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Body Cameras Alone Won’t Stop Discriminatory Policing in France
Key Reforms Urgently Needed to End Ethnic Profiling
