They were there again at 2 p.m., Place de la République. This Saturday July 31, nearly a thousand people demonstrated against the extension of the health pass in the streets of Dijon (Côte-d’Or), for the third weekend in a row. Five days earlier, the bill on the subject was approved by Parliament.
The cat and mouse game
At the start of the event, shortly after 2 p.m., the procession sets off from Place de la République and heads towards Boulevard de la Trémouille, on the tram tracks. This axis is part of a sector where “any demonstration will be prohibited from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m.“, explained the prefecture of Côte-d’Or. At around 2:40 p.m., the police pushed the demonstrators back to their starting point with several jets of tear gas canisters. The procession returns to Place de la République then disperses in small groups in the city center.
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Later in the afternoon, a new gathering formed at Place Darcy then rushed into Rue de la Liberté, in the city center, around 3:30 p.m., in the direction of Place de la Liberation. In the meantime, several trucks of gendarmes and CRS have changed position and park at Place du Bareuzai.
