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Pro-Palestine Demonstrators Gather Peacefully Despite Ban

Pro-Palestine demonstrators pose in front of the Lyon courthouse. @RC

Saturday October 14, demonstrators gathered peacefully at Place Guichard, despite the ban on pro-Palestine gatherings still in force.

There were 150 of them meeting at Place Guichard (Lyon 3rd), Saturday October 14. The demonstrators gathered in a peaceful atmosphere in the square, despite the ban on organizing pro-Palestine demonstrations, decided by the Ministry of the Interior following the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7.

According to the local channel, the rally began with chants denouncing “Macron complicit, Israel assassin“, under the surveillance of the police present. The organizer of the demonstration was arrested, 11 people were fined.

Friday, October 13, pro-Palestine demonstrators also joined the union procession of the demonstration against precariousness.

In a telegram addressed to police prefects on October 12, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin demanded, in addition to the ban on pro-Palestine gatherings, the expulsion and withdrawal of the residence permit of foreign citizens responsible for anti-Semitic acts.

2023-10-15 20:52:13
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