Police Fire Tear Gas as New French Demonstrations Kick Off
Police used tear gas on about 150 protesters after they tried to block a road in a banned demonstration amid renewed unrest across France.
- French police fired tear gas to disperse around 150 protesters outside Lyon 3 University on Saturday, October 24, 2026, in an area where demonstrations were banned.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nunez mobilized 70,000 security personnel on Friday to counter a "high" threat of violence, aiming to prevent a repeat of arson and looting that led to 2,700 arrests.
- Thousands marched in Orleans against far-right leader Marine Le Pen's National Rally congress, while Paris police redirected a union march to Porte d'Italie; President Emmanuel Macron blamed "ultra-left" groups that he said "want to bring down the republic."
- Courts have already sent 217 people to prison for the unrest, drawing sharp criticism from Amnesty International, which denounced the measures as "a slide toward authoritarian practice."
- As elections approach in six months to choose Macron's successor, Human Rights Watch researcher Eva Cosse emphasized that "police have a responsibility both to ensure that protests can take place peacefully and safely and to protect the public from violent disorder.
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Security forces began dispersing with tear gas this Saturday (24) unauthorized demonstrations in France, a country that faces new social protests involving the "yellow collars", students and trade unions, a week after the riots that shocked the nation. Tension escalation: Two explosions hit Saudi Arabia's capital after an air strike alert See also: France summons 70,000 agents to reinforce security during protests scheduled for the weekend The g…
Police fire tear gas as new French demonstrations kick off
Police in the southeast city of Lyon fired tear gas to disperse some 150 protesters near the city centre -- where demonstrations had been banned -- when they briefly tried to block a road, an AFP journalist saw. Elsewhere, authorities and rattled shopkeepers geared up for potential new street violence. Near Paris's Bastille neighbourhood, a clothing store had removed all its merchandise from shelves ahead of the demonstrations, while a nearby r…
نُشر هذا مقاعد ولاً عبر Cedarnews.net. To follow more of the news and reports, click on our website. Another wave of demonstrations began in a number of places in France on Saturday morning. According to the AFP agency and the Le Monde website, it is to be deployed on Saturday to maintain order. تم نشر هذا الخبر عبر صوت كيدرنوس الخباري. To see more of the latest news, click on our official website.
In French Lyon, law enforcement officials used tear gas against participants in anti-cost-of-living demonstrations, and on Saturday, another protest took place in France, joined by trade unions, students and representatives of the yellow vest movement. Because of the anticipated scale of the authorities in some cities, demonstrations were banned. In this connection, the security forces used tear gas to disperse the crowd in several parts of Lyon…
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