Police Violence and Youth Protests in France

Youth school protests and their demands

France has experienced its largest youth protest movement in decades, with hundreds of high schools blockaded since mid-September. Students are demanding that absent teachers be replaced and that unsafe, deteriorating school buildings be repaired. Many teenagers say they attended protests because they wanted to go to class but encountered blockades or demonstrations instead. The protests have prompted serious concerns about police conduct. Authorities are investigating allegations of excessive force, including injuries caused by stun grenades and grenade-launcher projectiles, while lawyers report that some teenagers were beaten, humiliated, racially or sexually insulted, or mistreated in custody. More than 6,700 minors have been detained, although many faced no charges or received alternatives to prosecution. The interior minister suspended the use of stun grenades at school demonstrations, while officials denied systematic police repression.

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Police weapon injuries to teenagers

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