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French police protest as officer who shot teen faces murder trial

Police officers across France staged low-key protests on Wednesday after prosecutors sought murder charges against a colleague who shot and killed a teenage motorist during a traffic stop in 2023.

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The French Algerians moving to Algeria ‘seeking freedom, opportunity’

What was once a one-way street heading north is now a two-lane highway with some people heading south out of France.

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Forty years on, can legacy of pioneering anti-racism march help a divided France?

After recovering from being shot by police in 1983, Toumi Djaïdja led a protest historians say must be written into the nation’s narrative

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Paris suburb mourns death of 17-year-old killed by police four months on

On June 27, 17-year-old Nahel was killed by a police officer. The incident sparked riots across France. The urban violence lasted almost a week and was the worst the country had seen in nearly twenty years. Nanterre, the Paris suburb where Nahel was from and where he was killed, was…

France 24

France faces court action over widespread use of racial profiling

Rights groups hope to bring end to discrimination they say has gone unaddressed by successive governments

The Guardian - UK

French riots have resulted in thousands of convictions, justice minister says

Nearly 2,000 people have been convicted in France over nationwide riots sparked in late June by the fatal police shooting of a teenager during a traffic stop near Paris, the Justice Minister said on Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale

Macron says France needs return to authority ‘at every level’ after unrest

President calls for ‘order, order, order’ and suggests poor parenting was one of reasons for disorder

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‘Building bridges’ in a Parisian suburb amid unrest fears

A team of social workers tasked with preventing public disorder in the Paris suburb of Malakoff did the rounds ahead of Bastille Day after weeks of rioting. On a sunny weekend evening, the modus operandi of engaging with the community appeared to have worked.

France 24

Police violence: How can France tackle racial profiling without first addressing race?

Young men in France perceived to be Black or Arab are 20 times more likely to be stopped by police than the rest of the population, according to the country's human rights ombudsman. Racial profiling runs deep in the French police force, but unlike in the US and Canada, very…

France 24

Police officer accused of manslaughter denies threatening teen with 'bullet in the head'

The policeman who sparked riots across France last week after killing a teenager has denied threatening to shoot the boy in the head before opening fire.

Radio France Internationale

French authorities ban march for black man who died in police custody

Members of Adama Traoré justice campaign say stopping event could worsen tensions after police shooting of Nahel in Nanterre

The Guardian - UK

'We cannot blame the police': French minister rejects notion of systemic racism after riots

In an interview with FRANCE 24, the French Minister of State for International Partnerships Chrysoula Zacharopoulou discussed the issue of violence in French society, among its youth as well as whether it exists at the institutional level, following the riots sparked by the police killing of 17-year-old Nahel on June…

France 24

Riots in France: 'Burnt-down library' in Marseille is actually in Manila

In the wake of a week of rioting in France, sparked by the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Nahel by a police officer, out-of-context videos across social media claim to show destruction in the southern city of Marseille. In particular, internet users claim the city's Alcazar Library was burnt by rioters,…

France 24

French government promises tourists' safety is 'guaranteed' despite riots

France's Minister for Finance, Bruno Le Maire, has been leading a PR drive in the US and UK seeking to reassure and attract foreigners back to France in the wake of over a week of rioting that has caused international concern, as measures are put in place to get the…

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The Independent UK

France sees itself as blind to race. After a teen is killed by police, how does one discuss racism?

The race of the police officer who shot and killed a French teenager during a traffic stop last week hasn’t been disclosed, and there’s no reason why it would be

The Independent UK

Far-right figure ends divisive crowdfunding for police officer who shot boy, triggering riots

A French far-right figure behind a divisive, and hugely successful, crowdfunding campaign for the family of a police officer jailed in the killing of a 17-year-old that triggered riots around France announced on Tuesday that he’s closing the account which topped more than 1.5 million euros

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Macron pledges to repair riot-damaged schools and town halls

Emmanuel Macron pledged swift government support to help mayors rebuild schools, libraries and town halls destroyed during a week of violence that swept across France after the police shooting of a teenager.

The Independent UK

'Liberty, equality, fraternity' for all? New riots make France confront an old problem

The lofty ideals of “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" to which France aspires are embossed on its coins and carved above its school doors

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Crowds gather outside French town halls to denounce violence following police shooting

Crowds gathered at town halls across France on Monday in support of a mayor whose home was attacked during violence that has broken out across the country after the fatal police shooting last week of a young motorist.

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Riots' deja vu raises the stakes

A teenager killed by police in a Paris suburb. A wave of anger that morphs into widespread rioting and opportunistic looting. A tough law-and-order response followed by an appeal for unity and calm -- and a political call for action that fades over time.

France 24

Why social media platforms are being accused of fuelling riots in France

Social media companies like TikTok, Snapchat or Twitter are once again under scrutiny, with many French decision makers saying the platforms are helping fuel widespread riots across France. French President Emmanuel Macron has accused social platforms of encouraging so-called copycat acts of violence in reaction to the fatal police shooting…

Tribune News Service

Riots in France ease after massive police deployment

Street unrest eased in France overnight after nearly a week of riots and looting touched off by a police officer’s killing of a teenager that underscored serious tensions in the country’s ethnically mixed suburban neighborhoods.

Radio France Internationale

How are the riots in France seen from abroad?

The rioting and looting that has erupted in France following the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Nahel by police at a traffic stop has been widely relayed abroad, but from radically different perspectives.

The Independent UK

France riots – live: Children as young as 12 detained for attacking police amid Paris protests

Average age of 3,354 people arrested over past week is 17, says interior minister

Evening Standard

France riots: Sixth night of unrest as numbers arrested since fatal shooting pass 3,000

Fall in arrests after grandmother of teenager shot dead by police calls for calm

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