Thousands Protest In Paris Against Ongoing State Of Emergency In France
Posted on March 14, 2016 by Sean Adl-Tabatabai in News, World // 69 Comments
Thousands took to the streets of Paris over the weekend to protest the French government’s ongoing “state of emergency” – accusing the government of allowing France to become a police state.
Protestors on Saturday expressed concern that emergency measures introduced by President Francois Hollande following the November 13 Paris Attacks, have stripped away the rights of citizens and turned France into a tyrannical police state with no due process.
Aljazeera.com reports:.
Backed by the new powers, authorities have carried out about 3,400 raids on mosques, homes, and businesses with more than 300 people placed under house arrest.
The French government extended the state of emergency in February, saying the threat of “terrorist violence remained very high”.
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Al Jazeera spoke to a number of those attending the rally on Saturday who said the government was unfairly targeting Muslims and using the pretext of preventing new attacks to crackdown on dissent generally.
Leading a line of activists at the front of the protest, the Left Party’s Eric Coquerel condemned the state of emergency for having “no effect on terrorism” and posing a threat to civil liberties.
“The state of emergency cannot become permanent because it effectively means citizens giving up their rights,” Coquerel told Al Jazeera, adding that government plans to strip nationality from dual-national terrorism suspects created a tiered citizenship system.
Government policies following the attacks have drawn strong condemnation from Muslim groups, who accuse it of treating the entire community as responsible for the actions of a few.
Activist Yasser Louati from the Collective Against Islamophobia told Al Jazeera the government was pushing forward with “counterproductive” strategies despite no proof that they worked.
“There have been only four enquiries [since November] directly linking people with terrorism, meaning this is a permanent state of emergency and a permanent coup,” he said.
Sophie, a French civil servant of North African descent, said she feared the state of emergency could make conditions harder for Muslims.
“I’m here today in solidarity with the people who have been treated unfairly as a result of the state of emergency,” she said.
“Although I was born in France, I don’t feel like I’m seen like everybody else… I think things could get worse for Muslims, but I’m hoping it won’t be the case.”
Present at the rally were pro-Palestinian campaigners, many worried about the government’s crackdown on anti-Israel activities, such as the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement, which seeks grassroots divestment from Israel over its activities in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Since October last year, more than a dozen BDS activists have faced trial or have been convicted for promoting “discrimination, hatred, or violence” on the basis of ethnicity.
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