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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)

Raphaël Arnault stated that Aix resonated antifascist despite the threats from the far right and what he described as a desire from the prefecture to silence dissenting voices. He indicated that the prefecture attempted to justify the ban by mentioning the far right's intention to defend its territory in Aix-en-Provence. https://t.co/E48676LNFL #Antifa #AixEnProvence #LutteContreLExtremeDroite (translated)

The Toad wrote that the high school students involved in vandalism in the street were making demands amounting to 10 billion euros. He proposed to Emmanuel Macron to lift the ban on phones in high schools, claiming that this measure was, in his view, the main cause of the riots and that the movement would stop in a few days if the phones were returned to the students. The author demanded one million euros for this advice and criticized consulting firms paid for with taxpayers' money. #Lycéens #Réformes #Éducation (translated)

Louis Letoublon, vice president of the organization Les Lycéens, describes the ban on phones in schools as unbearable and infantilizing for students, while high school blockades continue and protests are planned for October 13. #MobilisationLycéenne #ColèreLycéenne #InterdictionTéléphones (translated)

Impact reported that Jordan Bardella had expressed his support for law enforcement and proposed suspending family allowances for the families of repeat minor offenders. He also stated that parents should pay for the damage caused by their children if they could not do so themselves. According to Impact, Bardella had opposed the government's ban on stun grenades — one of which allegedly caused a high school student's hand to be torn off — and had called for police to remain armed. He believed that the entire police force should not be held responsible for the mistake of a single officer, whether intentional or not. Finally, he criticized the mobilized high school students, saying that his parents would not have allowed him to attend such gatherings. #Bardella #Lycéens #Police (translated)

Aymeric Caron indicated that he asked the police prefect of Paris to prohibit the Alyah Show, which was set to take place on Sunday in Paris and, according to him, propose housing in Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories. He specified that he was relaying a request from the associations UJFP, NIDAL, JURDI, and AFPS. #Paris #Colonisation #Solidarité (translated)

The author indicated that the administrative justice had suspended the ban on a demonstration scheduled in Paris that evening at the call of the Urgence Palestine collective, which intended to denounce the genocide in Gaza and demand respect for the ceasefire. #urgencepalestine #paris #manifestation https://t.co/BiVlWwgCyo #urgencepalestine #manifestation #Gaza #FR #PS #IL (translated)

A parliamentary report in France proposes banning the sale of energy drinks to those under 16, inspired by measures already in place in Norway and Quebec, in response to growing concerns about their impact on the health of young people. #BoissonsÉnergisantes #SantéDesJeunes #Interdiction (translated)

SHADES wrote that the government had expressed its openness to banning the sale of energy drinks to those under 16 years old. He added that some deputies were recommending this ban for health reasons, as well as the removal of these drinks from vending machines. https://t.co/6Uw7A6WcpX #Santé #Consommation #Jeunesse (translated)