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Summary

Mr. Jean-Luc Mélenchon draws the attention of the Minister of the Interior to the situation of observers of police violence during demonstrations. In recent months, social and environmental mobilizations have had to endure a level of violence unprecedented under the Fifth Republic. Thus, as part of the Yellow Vest movement, more than 2,500 demonstrators were injured, including 24 who lost an eye and 5 a hand. Faced with this escalation, Associations took the initiative of appointing observers of police violence during demonstrations. The objective of these activists is to note the excessive use of force by police officers and gendarmes in order to take legal action if necessary. They therefore fulfill a task of general interest within the framework of the rule of law. However, they are often taken to task and specifically targeted by the forces of police. On September 28, 2019, observers from the local observatory of police practices in Toulouse, formed by the Copernic Foundation, the French lawyers' union and the Human Rights League, were insulted, threatened and targeted with tear gas. On October 1, Human Rights League activist Camille Halut appeared before the Montpellier criminal court for acts of obstruction of traffic. In truth, she was fulfilling her role as an observer during a Yellow Vest demonstration on April 7, 2019. Since then, she has suffered real harassment with a cumulative 56 hours of police custody. These citizens are not delinquents. Citizen observation of law enforcement operations is not reprehensible. It often proves essential to enforce the rules of the rule of law. Therefore, he asks what measures it intends to implement to secure the presence of observers at the demonstrations.

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