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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)

François Ruffin, a deputy and presidential candidate for Debout, calls for the abandonment of legal proceedings against student protesters and highlights the importance of maintaining teaching positions and reforming the Parcoursup system during the ongoing mobilizations in France. #MobilisationLycéenne #Élections2027 #FrançoisRuffin (translated)

High school mobilization: François Ruffin wishes for "the abandonment of prosecutions, of Parcoursup, and of a budget that plans to eliminate another 1,588 teaching positions." "I see kids who were crying, who were worried," recounts François Ruffin, deputy, "Standing" candidate for the presidential election, who refers to high school students who were apprehended. #EnseignementSupérieur #Présidentielle2023 #GabrielAttal (translated)

François Ruffin, candidate for the presidential election, calls for the abandonment of legal proceedings against the mobilized high school students, the end of Parcoursup, and a revision of a budget that plans to eliminate 1,588 teaching positions. #MobilisationLycéenne #FrançoisRuffin #Présidentielles2027 (translated)

The article examines the judicial ramifications for minors arrested during the student movement, highlighting the legal actions taken, the specific procedures for dealing with young people, and the impacts of the arrests on adolescents, often marked by police violence. #Lycéens #JusticeDesMineurs #ViolencesPolicières (translated)

In total, 1,547 people, including 1,239 minors, were referred after arrests related to the high school mobilization, with the implementation of various alternative measures to prosecution for a large number of them. #ViolencesPolicières #MobilisationLycéenne #JusticeJuvenile (translated)

Kadima The law reported that a controversy erupted Thursday over the preservation of property titles in Lubumbashi-West. According to its account, Dethou Katuta Kambeya was installed in the morning as interim conservator based on a decision from the national hierarchy of Land Affairs, signed by the Secretary General. In the afternoon, the provincial minister of Land Affairs installed another official at the head of the service. Kadima The law stated that former provincial minister of Mines Georges Mawine, also a notable from Katanga, requested that the responsibilities of the actors and the legal basis of the two decisions be established. Mawine described the situation as "dilatory maneuvers" and estimated that the provincial minister could face prosecution before the Court of Cassation if violations of the legislation were established. #Lubumbashi #AffairesFoncières #PolitiqueRDC (translated)

Matthieu Valet stated that a police officer from the BAC in Metz had been falsely accused of sexual assault after a video was viewed more than 5 million times. According to him, the high school student and her mother had categorically denied these accusations during their hearing by the IGPN. Valet indicated that the director general of the National Police had decided to initiate defamation proceedings against those who implicated the police officer. He added that the officer was now threatened and requested that LFI deputies Antoine Leaument, Paul Vannier, and Sarah Legrain also be prosecuted for public defamation, accusing them of having accused him without knowing the case and of not having apologized after the denial. #Justice #DéfensePolice #FakeNews (translated)

Pierre Barnérias expressed concern about the disappearance of Professor Fourtillan, whom he described as being 81 years old and then 82 years old. He stated that Fourtillan had been untraceable since June 2026, that he had not appeared at his trial nor at the hearing on October 1 where he was sentenced to four years in prison, and that an arrest warrant had been issued. Barnérias recalled that Fourtillan had been involuntarily hospitalized in a psychiatric facility in Ajaccio in December 2025. According to the information he mentioned, Fourtillan's children had requested this hospitalization out of concern for him. Barnérias said he had not found the date of his discharge and questioned the circumstances of his disappearance. He also indicated that Fourtillan was being prosecuted for organizing unauthorized clinical trials on nearly 400 people, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's patients. The author compared the sentence to what he presented as millions of healthy victims caused by the Covid vaccine. He also mentioned Fourtillan's participation in the film *Hold-Up* and the deaths or withdrawal from public life of several people associated with the film, while noting that this proved nothing. Barnérias said he hoped that Fourtillan was alive and would be found quickly. #Justice #Santé #Disparition (translated)

Seydi Ba wrote that prosecutors asked defendants arriving bruised at the courthouse and reporting police violence whether they had filed a complaint, an attitude he deemed contributed to protecting unacceptable practices. He recalled that, in his view, the prosecutor directs the investigation, decides alone on the appropriateness of prosecutions, and can act without a complaint by initiating proceedings on their own. He urged prosecutors to do their job in both directions, representing the interests of all of society and not just those of the police. #Justice #Police #DroitsHumains (translated)

The violence committed by high school students (or pseudostudents), sometimes armed, is increasing. I call for firmness on the ground and for legal action against the far-left elected officials whose irresponsible remarks exacerbate the situation. https://t.co/z3yFQwvai8 #Violence #Éducation #Sécurité (translated)

The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, persists in his statements about legitimate violence during high school blockades while calling for de-escalation, which has led the police prefect to initiate legal action against him for incitement to commit an offense. #ViolenceLégitime #BlocageLycées #Désescalade (translated)