VIDEO - Demonstration of "teufeurs" in Rennes to defend the "free parties"

"Hands off my party!"

: several hundred "chirps" demonstrated Saturday in Rennes to defend the "free parties" against the "repression" launched after the rave of Lieuron, in Ille-et-Vilaine, which brought together 2,400 people at the New Year. "We are there to show that we will not let it go ... but peacefully! ", explained Florian, a 24-year-old cook, who took part in the Lieuron party.

Like him, several hundred young chirkers gathered on Saturday afternoon in the city center of Rennes, in a good-natured atmosphere.

Police counted 800 people, including protesters against the Comprehensive Security Law.

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"We should not incur 10 years in prison just for making people dance"

Some danced to the sound of techno music, while others held up signs "Hardcore is good for the body", "That sows repression, reaps RAVEolution" or "Open theaters, not our browbones. ".

“It's been 30 years that free parties exist and 30 years that they are repressed,” regretted Florian, who says to have been fined three times during the New Year's party. “We should not incur 10 years in prison just for to have made dance ", added Kahoura, 18-year-old temporary worker, carrying a sign" Don't touch my party! All organizers ".

More than a thousand people gathered in #Rennes for a static gathering on Place Charles de Gaulle.

They denounce the repression against the organizers of the "Maskarade", the rave party of # Lieuronpic.twitter.com / 6okt2jGp6d

- TheoPrn (@Theop_rn) January 23, 2021

"If anyone has to take, it's all of us because we were all there, we are all responsible," she explained.

"We didn't do anything wrong, we just wanted to celebrate the New Year. It was so hard, we needed to get away from it all," she added.

"We didn't mean harm to anyone: it was just a great big boom," approved Mélanie, a 20-year-old real estate student, who was holding a "Peace and Love" sign.

"We're like everyone else, we're not bad people. We just don't have the same style."

"Justice will be a party"

The young woman said she regretted that the organizers of the Rave party were, according to her, prosecuted more severely than some people accused of rape.

Nine people are indicted and placed under judicial supervision in this case.

A 22-year-old man, imprisoned for 18 days, was released on Friday.

In Bordeaux, a few dozen people gathered at Place de la Victoire in front of a banner "Justice will be celebrating".

Among them, Sophie Gaultier, blue wig on her head, purple jacket and colored mask carried a sign "I am an executive assistant and DJ".

"We need solutions for culture. We need a dialogue between politicians and representatives of culture and electro music to find solutions and areas of expression," she said.