Reporting France's biggest student protests amid most violent government repression since May '68
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Amid accusations police failed to prevent looting and arson across France on 17th Oct., the National Assembly has launched an inquiry. President Macron had no words for schoolchildren injured during his government's crackdown, now escalated into curfews plus the army at protests this weekend.
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Islanders visiting the French capital were exposed to "crazy" and "aggressive" scenes by riot police and to the dangerous chemical weapon 'tear gas.' Visitors were unaware, meanwhile, that more of France's schoolchildren were injured during government repression over the weekend.
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In a meeting of movements, the famous "Gilets Jaunes" Yellow Vests of 2018 join the "Gilets Jeunes" the Young Vests - the schoolchildren and students fighting for education with more than 1000 actions planned in the streets, on roundabouts, at tollbooths, train stations and more on Oct 17th.
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French police acting "only to violently suppress this democratic protest, even to the point of mutilating and disfiguring children." League of Human Rights decries French government's criminalisation of children by labelling movement 'urban violence.'"
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Channel islanders in France and French residents in the islands slam French government for "terrorising children." Government of Jersey declines to comment on "internal French matters." States of Guernsey Minister of External Relations says unrest is "deeply regrettable."
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Undeterred by government repression, France's schoolchildren march again today, Tuesday 13th Oct, while students in Italy, Germany and Belgium have also begun protesting. Here, the movement explained through the signs school students, parents and teachers are carrying on the streets of Paris.
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Thousands are marching today for France's democracy, against the largest government crackdown on protest since May '68, with 5000 schoolchildren arrested and France's government turning explosives onto children: a schoolboy's hand was ripped off after an officer fired a grenade on Monday.
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France's government is turning military-grade weaponry on its own schoolchildren, and arresting teenagers as young as 13. Students protesting for their education rights have become the new frontline for the movement to defend France's democracy itself.