Rights groups challenge operation Wuambushu and planned mass evictions

StreetPress reported Yellow Vest participants joining the third major day of demonstrations against pension reform. Interviewed demonstrators connected the pension dispute to broader anger over...

A Toulouse court convicted a police officer for intentional violence after journalist Kevin Figuier was injured while covering a Yellow Vest demonstration in April 2019. Politis reported the...

After the government used Article 49.3 to advance its pension bill without a final parliamentary vote, crowds gathered in Paris and other cities. The protests marked a shift from scheduled union-led...

A ninth national day of action brought workers, students and other opponents into demonstrations against the pension reform. The movement persisted after the government's use of Article 49.3, with...

Thousands of activists gathered in Sainte-Soline against a large irrigation reservoir, commonly called a 'mega-basin'. Opponents argued that the project privileged intensive agriculture and private...

A large demonstration in Mamoudzou supported the Wuambushu operation, expressing frustration over insecurity and state capacity. The rally represents one strand of public opinion and should not be...

The government issued a decree dissolving the environmental movement Les Soulèvements de la Terre, citing calls for violence against property and public order concerns. The movement and allied...

Seventeen-year-old Nahel Merzouk was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in Nanterre. His death sparked demonstrations and unrest that spread to towns across France. His family...

Hundreds gathered in Paris despite a police ban on a march organized by relatives of Adama Traoré. The demonstration took place shortly after Nahel Merzouk's killing and the nationwide unrest that...

Families, neighborhood groups, unions and anti-racist activists marched in cities across France for public liberties, social justice and an end to systemic racism and police violence. The call...