Associations have taken the matter to the administrative court to challenge the ban on the pro-Palestinian demonstration planned for Saturday in Paris, which they initiated, they told AFP on Friday.
This demonstration in support of the Palestinian people, organized on Saturday in the center of the capital by Urgence Palestine (which brings together several associations, unions and political organizations), was banned on Thursday by the Paris police prefect Laurent Nuñez. The summary judge of the Paris administrative court must examine the appeals at 4 p.m. Friday.
A ban already lifted for a previous demonstration
“The prefecture persists in banning pro-Palestinian demonstrations despite the absence of a proven risk of disturbances to public order,” lamented to AFP Me Vincent Brengarth, one of the lawyers for the applicant associations. “The dramatic situation in Gaza makes it all the more necessary to enforce the fundamental freedom to demonstrate,” he added.
On October 18, the Council of State reminded the government that pro-Palestinian demonstrations could not be systematically prohibited and that it was up to the prefects alone to assess whether there was a local risk of disturbances to public order.
Thursday October 19, the administrative court lifted the ban on a pro-Palestinian gathering which had been held at Place de la République in Paris, bringing together 15,000 people according to the police headquarters, which made 10 arrests, notably for anti-Semitic remarks and tags. on the statue of the Republic.