2023-10-14 03:50:19
The Paris police headquarters banned a “Solidarity with the Palestinian people” demonstration organized on Sunday at Place de la République by the New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA), under investigation for advocating terrorism, it was reported. learned on Friday.
The gathering, declared on Wednesday, was banned for risks of disturbing public order, indicated the prefecture, like all pro-Palestinian demonstrations in France, after the surprise attack on Saturday by the Islamist movement Hamas against Israel, triggering a bloody war.
A press release from the NPA at the origin of the investigation
Gérald Darmanin ordered all prefects on Thursday to ban “pro-Palestinian demonstrations, because they are likely to generate disturbances to public order”, adding that “the organization of these prohibited demonstrations (should) give rise to arrests.”
On Thursday, a banned demonstration in support of the Palestinians brought together around 3,000 people at Place de la République. In the early evening, the demonstrators were dispersed by tear gas and a water cannon. Around ten people were arrested.
The NPA, a far-left party, is the target of an investigation carried out by the criminal brigade of the judicial police, seized by the national center for the fight against online hatred (PNLH) of the Paris prosecutor’s office. The investigation targets an NPA press release released on Saturday recalling “its support for the Palestinians and the means of struggle that they have chosen to resist”.
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