Butchers in France have asked the government for police protection from animal rights activists, claiming their security was being threatened and that vegans were trying to impose a meat-free lifestyle on the nation. The French federation of butchers wrote to the interior minister saying shops had been sprinkled with fake blood and covered in graffiti. It claims …
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French police on June 26 continued questioning 10 suspected far-right extremists over an alleged plot to attack Muslims that has fuelled safety concerns in Europe’s biggest Muslim community. Nine men and one woman aged 32 to 69 were arrested in raids across France on Saturday. The suspects, whose detention was extended late Monday for a …
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Macron told off a teenager during visit to Mont Valerian fort where French resistance members were executed. Like most politicians, French President Emmanuel Macron seems to enjoy pressing the flesh and posing for selfies when on public outings. Just don’t call him by a nickname. A cheeky teen who dared greet him with a breezy “How’s it …
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Child refugees are being abused, detained and illegally sent back to Italy by French border guards, according to a new report from Oxfam. Some children as young as 12 were being held overnight in cells without food, water or blankets, or access to an official guardian, the report states. French police routinely stop unaccompanied children and put them on trains back to …
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French Jewish groups and Israeli officials protested on June 12 after the mayor of a Paris suburb renamed a street to honor the thousands of Palestinians forced from their homes during Israel’s creation in 1948. Dominique Lesparre, the Communist mayor of Bezons, on Monday officially renamed a street near city hall “Allee de la Nakba” (Nakba …
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Four people accused of illegally helping migrants cross the border into France were being questioned by police on July 17, the latest case over aid provided to refugees on the move through Europe. The activists, part of the “Tous Migrants” association, took part in a solidarity march of 100 activists escorting some 20 migrants over …
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As France clinched its second-ever World Cup win over Croatia thanks to goals by migrants and a Muslim, fans and onlookers quickly pointed out the need for the country to apply its victories on the field to life off the field. Often in the spotlight for its xenophobic and Islamophobic social policies, France didn’t seem …
French police on Aug. 12 searched for a driver who rammed his car through the front doors of a mosque in a suburb of Lille in northern France, a police source said. No one was injured in the incident which occurred at about midnight. France is on alert after a wave of Islamist attacks in past …
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She was walking on a Paris street when it happened, not far from her home. In a scene that has shocked an entire nation, a man approached her in broad daylight, struck her in the face and somehow managed to get away. Marie Laguerre, a 22-year-old architectural student, released CCTV footage of the incident on …
France is pushing for the Aquarius to dock and disembark dozens of migrants in Malta, a presidential source said on September 25, after the ship’s Panamanian registration was revoked over the weekend. “We are clear on the fact that it shouldn’t spend four to five days at sea going towards France or Spain or anywhere,” …
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