Arousing the concern of a large part of journalists, the new "national law enforcement plan" is this time being challenged in court.
The National Union of Journalists (SNJ) and the League of Human Rights (LDH) announced on Saturday that they had filed a summary before the Council of State against this document.
This approach aims to "defend (re) the right" of journalists "to inform, and citizens to be informed," said the SNJ in a joint statement to the two organizations, which specified that the summary was filed on September 24.
They request "an appeal for interim suspension, especially with regard to these measures of the national law enforcement plan" (SNMO), published on September 17, according to the text of the summary filed with the Council of State .
For several days, the world of the press has been indignant against this document intended for the gendarmes and police officers and which is intended as a response to “the more systematic infiltration of thugs within the processions”.
A call to "correct" the text
On Tuesday, around forty journalists' societies (SDJ) from numerous media, including Le Parisien-Today in France, called on the minister to “correct” this text, denounced in turn by the unions in the sector (SNJ, SNJ- CGT, CFDT-journalists…), by the Civil Society of Multimedia Authors (Scam) and the Albert-Londres Prize, but also by Amnesty International and the League of Human Rights.
The document had been initiated by the predecessor of the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin, Christophe Castaner, after several months of mobilization of yellow vests punctuated by clashes with the police.
The document insists on "the special place of journalists in demonstrations", but it also "recalls" that "the offense of remaining in a crowd after summons does not include any exception, including for the benefit of journalists or members of associations ”.
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The SDJ saw it as a "green light" granted "to the police to prevent journalists from fully reporting the demonstrations, including their dispersal or their slippage".