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Amnesty International on Wednesday called on the French government to permanently ban stun grenades in the policing of all protests, saying the announcement of a temporary suspension does not go far enough.
Welcoming the announcement from the French government, Anne Savinel-Barras, President of Amnesty International France stated:
While the suspension of the use of these grenades in the policing of the current high school student protests is an important and welcome first step, further action is needed. These dangerous devices, which have a long history of causing serious injuries, must be permanently banned from the policing of all protests. Failure to do so will inevitably result in more serious and preventable injuries.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told RTL radio that police would stop using stun grenades against the high school protests while an investigation is carried out into the injury of a 15-years-old in Lens. The youth was injured near the Auguste-Behal vocational high school and taken to a hospital in Lille. A police union source said he picked up the grenade to throw it back at officers, but a student standing next to him said it hit his hand directly. Prosecutors say they have not yet established which account is correct.
Students have been blocking hundreds of schools across France since late September, protesting against missing teachers, overloaded timetable and run-down buildings poorly suited to rising temperatures. The government says it is trying to respond to these demands, but it also accuses hard-left activists of unduly influencing the movement. The French Human Rights League (LDH), by contrast, accused police of using disproportionate force against protesters, many of them minors.
The High School Student Union (Union Syndicale Lycéenne, USL), who acts as the primary organizer of the nationwide school protests noted that the number of student protesters who took to the streets were as high as 450,000 people.
Amnesty International says France must reform its rules on the use of force to meet its obligations under international human rights law, including the right to peaceful assembly under Article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). UN standards allow police to use force only when it is necessary and proportionate. The UN Human Rights Guidance on Less-Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement goes further, stating that using flash-bang grenades directly against a person is unlawful because of the risk of burns, blast injuries and fragmentation.
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Welcoming the announcement from the French government, Anne Savinel-Barras, President of Amnesty International France stated:
While the suspension of the use of these grenades in the policing of the current high school student protests is an important and welcome first step, further action is needed. These dangerous devices, which have a long history of causing serious injuries, must be permanently banned from the policing of all protests. Failure to do so will inevitably result in more serious and preventable injuries.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told RTL radio that police would stop using stun grenades against the high school protests while an investigation is carried out into the injury of a 15-years-old in Lens. The youth was injured near the Auguste-Behal vocational high school and taken to a hospital in Lille. A police union source said he picked up the grenade to throw it back at officers, but a student standing next to him said it hit his hand directly. Prosecutors say they have not yet established which account is correct.
Students have been blocking hundreds of schools across France since late September, protesting against missing teachers, overloaded timetable and run-down buildings poorly suited to rising temperatures. The government says it is trying to respond to these demands, but it also accuses hard-left activists of unduly influencing the movement. The French Human Rights League (LDH), by contrast, accused police of using disproportionate force against protesters, many of them minors.
The High School Student Union (Union Syndicale Lycéenne, USL), who acts as the primary organizer of the nationwide school protests noted that the number of student protesters who took to the streets were as high as 450,000 people.
Amnesty International says France must reform its rules on the use of force to meet its obligations under international human rights law, including the right to peaceful assembly under Article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). UN standards allow police to use force only when it is necessary and proportionate. The UN Human Rights Guidance on Less-Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement goes further, stating that using flash-bang grenades directly against a person is unlawful because of the risk of burns, blast injuries and fragmentation.
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