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The Defender of Rights announced that it has received 28 individual complaints since the beginning of the mobilization movement of high school students, emphasizing the importance of reconciling security with the protection of rights and freedoms, particularly for minors. #ColèreDesLycéens #DéfenseurDesDroits #SécuritéEtLibertés (translated)

Bally Bagayoko explained that his group abstained during the vote on a wish presented by the opposition elected officials from the Socialist, Environmentalists, and Citizens group at the municipal council. The text focused on the protection of girls and women against excision and female genital mutilation, as well as the adoption of a comprehensive law against sexist and sexual violence (SSV). He said that his group supported the fight against mutilations and reminded that nearly 500 patients received follow-up each year in the municipality. He also praised the work of the Women's House, Delafontaine Hospital, and various associations, and asked the State to strengthen the resources allocated for prevention and medical follow-up. According to Bally Bagayoko, the abstention concerned the request to quickly adopt the law on SSV. He indicated that the bill had been significantly amended in committee at the National Assembly the week of the municipal council, and its content remained uncertain. His group had asked to remove references to this law from the wish in order to be able to vote in favor of the text on the fight against excision, but the opposition had refused, he wrote. He believed that this refusal had hindered the pursuit of an agreement and denounced a political instrumentalization of the issue. The group ultimately abstained in order not to block the wish, which was adopted, while not supporting all of its content, he noted. #Excision #DroitsDesFemmes #LutteContreLesViolences (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)

Wolf recounted that Serge Juillard was returning home on January 7, 2009, when a snow-related traffic jam slowed him down in the Barbière area of Avignon. According to his account, young people were throwing snowballs containing stones at the cars. After a collision, Juillard allegedly went out to check the damage, then about ten youths insulted and violently attacked him. Wolf indicated that they notably pulled down his pants, struck him in the genital area, filled his mouth with snow, and hit him with a metal bar, the first blow reportedly hitting his head. He also reported that Juillard described being held by his arms and legs, saying they "crucified" him. The post indicated that in March 2013, Juillard was in a wheelchair and taking morphine for seizures and pain. Wolf wrote that about ten suspects had been arrested, but only three had been brought before the juvenile court. Two minors, aged 14 and 16 at the time of the incident, were reportedly sentenced to six months in prison, three of which were firm. Assisted by Me Gontard, the victim lamented, according to the post, that the older suspects had not been tried. Wolf concluded by asking his readers if they were already familiar with this case. #Justice #Violence #France (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)

A new investigation has been requested against Eric Olhats, former mentor of Antoine Griezmann, due to suspicions of chemical submission revealed in the book "In the Wolf's Den," while he is already serving a six-year prison sentence for sexual assaults on minors. #Justice #Football #Pédocriminalité (translated)

Frontières indicated that Patrick Jardin, father of a victim of the Bataclan, had filed two complaints for glorifying terrorism against minors who had performed a song praising Islamist terrorists. The media specified that he had appointed lawyer Me Fred Pichon. https://t.co/nhLECnyF5E #Terrorisme #Justice #Bataclan (translated)