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Impact wrote that Evan, 15, who had lost a hand in the explosion of a police grenade in Lens, denied having picked it up, contrary to what the prosecution had claimed. According to the author, the teenager, injured on Monday, October 5, during a high school protest, also contested any involvement in violence, according to his lawyer. Impact added that this version had been widely relayed by the media, sometimes presented as established, while witnesses had contested it from the day of the events. The lawyer denounced, according to the author, a position of the prosecution formulated before Evan's hearing and in the absence of a video of the explosion. The teenager's mother had filed a complaint and the investigation by the IGPN was ongoing to establish the circumstances of the tragedy. #JusticePourEvan #LutteContreLaViolence #DroitsDesJeunes (translated)

Press Briefs reported nearly 7,000 police custody cases, 86% of which involved minors, and indicated that the majority had not led to legal proceedings at this stage. The account described these arrests as a massive and unprecedented measure aimed at containing the mobilization of young people. Several cited observers viewed this as a form of intimidation, while Press Briefs believed this practice infringed on the right to protest and risked normalizing disproportionate police and judicial responses. The account added that the preventive use of police custody had already been documented during the Yellow Vests movement. Relying on independent press articles, Press Briefs relayed testimonies from high school students reporting violent detention conditions, symptoms of post-traumatic stress, forced undressings, and physical or psychological violence. A 15-year-old reportedly recounted being slammed against a concrete bed and hit on the head by police and then insulted. A complaint had been filed, according to the account, which also indicated that the police prefecture had not responded to Mediapart's questions about the reported statements. Mohammed, a 16-year-old high school student in Saint-Denis, reportedly stated that police had hit the bars of his cell during the night to wake up the detainees and had targeted him with a racist insult. The mother of Noham, also 16, claimed that her son had been hit in the liver and face after asking why he had been arrested. Adam's mother also denounced violence against young protesters. Press Briefs added that several teenage girls and boys reported sexist and racist remarks from police, and complaints had been filed. Anne Savinel-Barras, president of Amnesty International France, expressed her concern over the repression of the student movement, believing that the young people's demands for education and health were met with prohibitions on demonstrations and disproportionate police violence. The NGO stated that it would support people peacefully protesting and defend the right to demonstrate. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights also expressed concern about the situation in France and notably called for a proportional use of force. #jeunesse #manifestation #répression (translated)

Impact reported that lawyer Elsa Marcel had strongly criticized the BFMTV set, considering that most of the speakers portrayed students as "delinquents" or "vandals". She would have also reproached the channel for seeking people opposed to the student movement and stated that it was supported by three out of four French people. According to Impact, Elsa Marcel's comments had provoked the anger of Bérénice Levet, a professor and doctor of philosophy, who denounced it as an attack on her conception of the teaching profession and the educational institution. #DébatPublic #Justice #Éducation (translated)

Impact reported that the professor and doctor of philosophy Bérénice Levet lost her temper on BFMTV during an exchange with lawyer Elsa Marcel, who denounced police violence and reminded her that she wrote for Valeurs actuelles, described by Impact as a far-right magazine. Impact also indicated that Levet had already attracted attention on LCI during an exchange with 17-year-old Elwan, presenting her background after the young man's intervention. #Télévision #Philosophie #ViolencesPolicières (translated)

Kunta van den Kinté stated that Bérénice Levet had exchanged conspiratorial smiles with Mathieu Valet from the RN while the lawyer Elsa Marcel was denouncing police violence, in order to show him that she was on the side of the police. He added that Levet had not accepted the fact that Elsa Marcel reminded her that she wrote for Valeurs actuelles. https://t.co/DYg2XAV5rx #ViolencesPolicières #Justice #Politique (translated)

Navi Pillay, the new Nobel Peace Prize laureate, joked about the possibility of sharing her prize with Donald Trump, while highlighting her exceptional background as a lawyer and judge, particularly for describing the events in Gaza as genocide. #NaviPillay #PrixNobel #DroitsHumains (translated)

The Nobel Peace Prize 2026 is awarded to South African lawyer Navanethem Pillay for her efforts in favor of peace and international law, while the president of the Nobel Committee emphasizes the enormous pressure on the international legal system. #PrixNobel #DroitInternational #AfriqueDuSud (translated)

In Arizona, a murderer won his appeal after his lawyer challenged the maximum sentence imposed by a judge who had been influenced by an AI-generated video showing the victim forgiving her killer, which was deemed to carry undue emotional weight by the appeals court. #IntelligenceArtificielle #Justice #PeineMaximale (translated)

In the trial of Nicolas Ullens, the prosecutor stated that the murder of his mother-in-law Myriam Lechien, although contested by the defense, was clearly premeditated, emphasizing that behind the glitter and glam, there is the violent death of a defenseless woman. #ProcèsUllens #Meurtre #Préméditation (translated)

Permanente Revolution reported that Elsa Marcel, lawyer for Eden and activist of the movement, announced the filing of a complaint for attempted murder. According to her, Eden, aged 14, suffered from a double jaw fracture, had all his upper teeth broken, and displayed psychological scars. She stated that the weapon, used at 1.50 m, could have killed him, and compared it to that of Sainte-Soline, where an adult remained in a coma for several months and retained a permanent disability. #JusticePourEden #Violence #DroitsDesEnfants (translated)