display
During the mass protests against police violence and for freedom of the press in France, 62 police officers and gendarmes were injured on Saturday, including 23 in the capital Paris.
As the Interior Ministry announced on Sunday, there were also 81 arrests on the sidelines of the protests.
Videos broadcast on online networks showed police officers being beaten up by demonstrators.
The French authorities initially did not provide any information about the number of injured demonstrators in Paris.
Police reported two injured demonstrators from the rest of the country.
Among the injured is a photographer who works for the AFP news agency and reported on the demonstration in Paris.
The journalists' organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) criticized the police for the "unacceptable" violence.
The photographer Ameer al Halbi was injured in the face with a baton, said RSF General Secretary Christophe Deloire in the online service Twitter.
Here you will find content from Twitter
In order to interact with or display content from Twitter and other social networks, we need your consent.
Activate social networks
I consent to content from social networks being displayed to me.
This allows personal data to be transmitted to third party providers.
This may require the storage of cookies on your device.
More information can be found here.
display
More than 100,000 people protested against the planned law to protect police officers.
Riots broke out on the sidelines of a demonstration in Paris: A small group of protesters hurled cobblestones at police officers, who in turn responded by using tear gas.
The organizers of the protests even announced 500,000 participants across the country.
The French Interior Ministry spoke of 133,000 demonstrators across the country and 46,000 participants in Paris.
There was scuffle in Paris.
Some then set the central bank facade and police barricades on fire.
In the turmoil, the fire brigade found it difficult to get to the scene of the riots.
There were also clashes in the Breton city of Rennes, and the police used tear gas.
In the rest of the country, the dozen rallies remained largely peaceful.
The protests are directed against a draft law that is said to criminalize the publication of photos or videos of police officers on duty if the intention is to violate their “physical and psychological integrity”.
Here you will find content from YouTube
In order to interact with or display content from YouTube and other social networks, we need your consent.
Activate social networks
I consent to content from social networks being displayed to me.
This allows personal data to be transmitted to third party providers.
This may require the storage of cookies on your device.
More information can be found here.
display
The government of President Emmanuel Macron considers the law to be necessary to protect officials from threats and attacks by violent marginalized groups.
Civil rights groups, journalists and victims of police violence fear that the measure could curtail press freedom and mask brutal actions by security forces.
Credit: AFP / GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT
Recent cases of police violence in France have made the debate more explosive.
On Thursday, video images of officials beating a black music producer in Paris appeared.
Macron himself was concerned and said that the recordings "put us to shame".
And just recently, pictures of the brutal evacuation of a migrant camp by the Paris police caused massive criticism.