Métropole De Lyon. "I Get a Hit From Behind": After the High School Demonstration Between Lyon and Villeurbanne, a Student Seizes the IGPN
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After several weeks of high school mobilizations, schools were still affected on Thursday 15 October in Lyon. In the middle of the day, the authorities reported 19 schools blocked, mainly secondary schools. The day was to be marked by two high school and student demonstrations in Lyon, one in Gerland and the other in Terreaux. The two rallies were banned by the prefect.
The Rhône prefecture has issued an order prohibiting demonstrations in the Gerland district. A procession, which could bring together 2,000 to 4,000 people, was planned, while a second rally is announced in the city centre on Thursday afternoon.
Several clashes between the security forces and a group of trade unionists and students took place at the end of the march on Tuesday, 13 October, at the Tolstoi course in Villeurbanne. A student denounces an unjustified blow of truncheon when leaving the premises.
A new demonstration is planned this Thursday, October 15, 2026 in Lyon, as part of the anger movement of high school students. This time, the departure is announced in the city center.
After our show on the beginning of the high school movement in Lyon, we continue to follow the mobilization by this time passing the door of the currently empty establishments to understand the origin of the crisis. This week, it is already almost twenty days since the high school movement and now also a student seized the Lyon streets almost daily. Everywhere, the high schools still have their doors firmly closed or barricaded for fear of the r…
This week, it has already been nearly twenty days since the high school movement and now also a student seized the Lyon streets almost daily. Everywhere, the high schools still have their doors firmly closed or barricaded for fear of the resurgence of high school gatherings at the doors of the institutions, despite the unprecedented repression led jointly by the prefecture and the rectorate.
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