France, marches against police violence, also in Paris

The alert remains high in France after the 6 nights of protests a week ago following the killing of 17-year-old Nahel by a policeman in Nanterre. In Paris there was a brief gathering, despite having been forbidden for reasons of public order, in memory of Adama Traoré, a boy who died after his arrest in 2016.

"Mourning and anger", these were the watchwords of the marches that took place in the cities, in a France still in shock from the wake of violent deaths of young people at the hands of the police and from the violence of the reaction which lasted 6 nights.A dozen leftist deputies from La France Insoumise and Nupes were also present in Paris at the appointment that had been made in place de la République by Adama Traoré's sister, Assa, after the march for the anniversary of the death of the brother had been banned in "his" banlieue, the Val d'Oise.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, through its spokesman Ravina Shamdasani, declared on June 30 that France "must deal seriously with the profound problems of racism among the forces of order". The UN representatives invited "the authorities to pay attention to the use of force by the police" during the demonstrations, "always respecting the principles of legality, necessity and proportionality".