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Rights groups turn to UN to help end French police racial profiling

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Rights watchdogs including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International on Thursday said they were seeking UN help to end racial profiling by the French police, they said.

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Human rights groups urge UN body to help stop racial profiling by

LONDON: A complaint has been filed to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination over racial profiling by police in France. Five French and international groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have brought the complaint following a lack of government action despite a French Council of State finding in October last year that incidents of discrimination were not “isolated.”

24 days ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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France24

Rights groups turn to UN to help end French police racial profiling

Rights watchdogs including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International on Thursday said they were seeking UN help to end racial profiling by the French police, they said.

24 days ago·France

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Le Monde

Human Rights groups file UN complaint over French police racial profiling

Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International France, as well as three other French groups, claim that police identity checks abusively target those 'perceived as black or Arab' and 'constitute systemic racial discrimination.'

24 days ago·Paris, France

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Radio France Internationale

Rights groups complain to UN over French police racial profiling

Rights watchdogs including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International on Thursday said they were seeking UN help to end racial profiling by the French police.

24 days ago·Paris, France

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The Local - Fr

Rights groups complain to UN over French police racial profiling

Rights watchdogs including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International on Thursday said they were seeking UN help to end racial profiling by the French police, they said.

24 days ago·France

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Human Rights Watch

France: Groups Seek UN Intervention to Address Racial Profiling

Click to expand Image Police officers check IDs of demonstrators near the Palais Vivienne event venue in Paris, France, April 6, 2021. © 2021 Thomas COEX/AFP via Getty Images (Paris, April 11, 2024) – Racial profiling by French police violates international human rights law, five French and international groups said in a complaint filed today with the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). Although in France the Council…

24 days ago

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