Lamine Dieng, a 25-year-old Franco-Senegalese, died on June 17, 2007, as a result of police violence. It had been immobilized and pressed to the ground while it resisted Ménilmontant, in the twentieth arrondissement of the capital. The French government will pay 145,000 euros to the relatives of Lamine Dieng, in order to settle the lawsuits against France, AFP learned Monday at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). French justice had rejected by judgment the request of the young man's relatives and they had brought an application before the ECHR in December 2017.
145,000 euros in damages
But the Strasbourg court did not have to deal with the merits of the case, because the parties have meanwhile found an amicable agreement on May 14, which settles any prosecution in this case. "The Court received the declaration of friendly settlement by virtue of which the applicants agreed to renounce any other claim against France concerning the facts giving rise to this request, the Government having undertaken to their pay the amount reproduced in the attached table ", or 145,000 euros, notes the ECHR.
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A "victory" for Lamine Dieng's family
The family of Lamine Dieng is delighted with this court decision, which they describe as "victory": "we have lived thirteen years of fight against the denial of justice, faced with an institution which systematically refused us a trial for those responsible of the death of our son, brother, uncle, "said the family of the victim in a statement.
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The family announced that they were disappointed with Emmanuel Macron's position regarding police violence. She called to demonstrate Saturday afternoon in Paris, "Place de la République, at 1:12 PM, for a walk around the Ménilmontant district where our family lives". For several years, the committee "Truth and justice for Lamine Dieng" and the collective "Lives stolen" also call for the prohibition of the "key of strangulation", a decried police technique.