Several demonstrations and rallies, in favor of the regularization of undocumented migrants or against police violence, are planned for Saturday in Paris, where the prefecture of police has prohibited some. The main call was launched at the national level for the regularization of undocumented migrants and comes from several collectives and the Marche des solidarités.
Tribute to Lamine Dieng, who died after an arrest
Gatherings are thus planned in several cities (Marseille, Lyon, Rennes, Lille, Toulouse, Grenoble, Strasbourg, Nantes ...). In Paris, the procession will start at 2 p.m. from Place de la Nation to Stalingrad. Another rally is planned for early afternoon at Place de la République in Paris in tribute to Lamine Dieng, a 25-year-old Franco-Senegalese who died in 2007 after an arrest in Paris.
According to an amicable agreement unveiled on Monday by the European Court of Human Rights, the French state will pay 145,000 to the relatives of Lamine Dieng in order to settle any prosecution in this case.
These two demonstrations were authorized by the Paris police headquarters after "commitments to respect health rules" were made by the organizers, she said in a statement.
"Risks of disturbing public order"
The police prefecture, on the other hand, indicated that it had banned a rally at the call of the Chechen community on Saturday afternoon at Place de la Bastille and Place du Palais Royal because of "risks of disturbing public order". after the recent incidents in Dijon.
Between 12 and 15 June, violent clashes between members of the Chechen community and residents of a district of the city.
The prefecture of police also prohibited an unreported rally "likely to cause disturbance to public order and cause damage to property and persons", scheduled for 3 p.m. Place de la Concorde near the Embassy of the United States.
This mobilization was launched by the African Black Defense League, in particular "against negrophobia" and in memory of George Floyd, who died at the hands of the police in the United States.
Last Saturday, thousands of people had demonstrated in France against racism and police violence, including 15,000 in Paris according to the police headquarters, at the call of the committee Adama Traoré, young black man who died in July 2016 after his arrest by gendarmes in Beaumont-sur-Oise, in the Paris region.