In Paris, during a protest held on Saturday, 64 people were detained.

This was announced by the head of the French Ministry of Internal Affairs Gerald Darmanen.

During the demonstration against one of the articles of the draft law "On global security", protesters clashed with the police.

The protesters threw stones and firecrackers at law enforcement officers, and set several cars on fire.

In turn, the police used tear gas to disperse the protesters.

According to reports from Sputnik France and RIA Novosti, the demonstrators smashed shop windows in the city streets, built barricades and tried to disable surveillance cameras.

The column of protesters left the Port de Lila square and headed towards the Place de la République.

Protests were also held in a number of other French cities, in particular in Bordeaux, Lille, Strasbourg.

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As a reminder, on November 24, the French National Assembly adopted in the first reading the Bill on Global Security.

The document empowers law enforcement officers of the country with a number of powers, including allowing the police to view CCTV cameras located in the immediate vicinity of retail outlets, as well as cameras belonging to landlords, which, according to the French authorities, will help to combat “illegal occupation of common areas in multi-apartment houses ".

In addition, individual agents of state-owned companies will have access to video surveillance of public highways.

At the same time, Article 24 assumes that the posting with malicious intent of the image of the security officials, which will allow them to establish their identity, is punishable by one year in prison and a fine of € 45,000. Opponents of the bill perceived this initiative as a violation of freedom of the media.

After that, mass protests began in the country, which were also accompanied by riots.

Soon after the demonstrations, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanen announced that he had formed a parliamentary commission that would have to rewrite the high-profile article of the bill.

The chairman of the National Federation of Young Lawyers' Unions, Kathleen Moda, in a conversation with RT France, expressed the opinion that the action of the said bill is directed exclusively against one side.

“All our doubts and disagreements, which we voiced from the very beginning of the discussions in the National Assembly, were in no way heard, since at the moment the text of this bill, no matter how it was rewritten, means that a journalist or anyone who has decided to record on video to inform the society, the behavior of the police will automatically be regarded as a threat to public order, "she explained.

General Secretary of the National Trade Union of Journalists Emmanuel Veer, in an interview with RT France, noted that the bill "broke the bonds of trust" between the citizens of the country and law enforcement officials. 

“I have the reactions of the European trade unions of journalists, I have the reactions of our colleagues who do not understand the situation with the maintenance of law and order in France ... The bonds of trust have been broken simultaneously between journalists and the authorities, law enforcement agencies, and also, unfortunately, between citizens and law enforcement agencies.

And these ties need to be restored, ”he stressed.

Also on the day of the protests, it was reported that RT France was banned from broadcasting live on YouTube.

Earlier, the head of the country's Interior Ministry reported that during the demonstrations, which took place in the country a week ago, 98 police officers and gendarmes were injured.

According to the ministry, more than 130 thousand people took part in the action throughout the country.

In turn, the organizers of the rallies said that more than 500 thousand people took to the streets.

In Paris, 46 protesters were detained, including for carrying illegal weapons and using force against police officers.

During the last demonstration, some of the masked protesters also began to erect barricades, throwing firecrackers and stones at the police.

Law enforcers used tear gas and stun grenades.