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Global security: senators create a new offense of provocation to identification

2021-03-04T15:10:45.827Z


The senators adopted in committee the controversial bill on " global security ", completely rewriting article 24, the most controversial, to create a new offense of " provocation to identification ", in order to protect the forces of the order and their families. Read also: Global security: the Senate will rewrite article 24 The text will be examined at first reading in the chamber of the Senate


The senators adopted in committee the controversial bill on "

global security

", completely rewriting article 24, the most controversial, to create a new offense of "

provocation to identification

", in order to protect the forces of the order and their families.

Read also: Global security: the Senate will rewrite article 24

The text will be examined at first reading in the chamber of the Senate, dominated by the right-wing opposition, from March 16, date on which the opponents of the bill, will be "

in the street

", at the call. the collective of organizations and unions, especially journalists, mobilized since November.

"

We have framed it deeply so that the '' security continuum '' on which we agree can be exercised under the best possible conditions, namely both efficiency for our police and security services and at the same time a protection of freedoms

”, declared Thursday during a press conference the president of the commission of the laws of the Senate, François-Noël Buffet (LR).

Regarding article 24, which caused a political crisis, "

we

started

from a blank page

", said co-rapporteur Marc-Philippe Daubresse (LR).

In the version voted by the deputies, it modifies the law of 1881 on the freedom of the press to suppress the “

malicious

” distribution of images of the police.

The senators chose in committee to drop any reference to the law of 1881, to create in the Penal Code a new offense of "

provocation to identification

".

It "

in no way hinders the freedom of the press

", assured Daubresse.

"

We have completely removed the notion of images to refer to the protection of personal data

".

This article is "

not concurrent but complementary

" to article 18, known as article "

Samuel Paty

", of the bill against separatism, because it specifically targets the police, Daubresse added.

The article "Samuel Paty" creates a new offense of endangering the life of others by disseminating, for malicious purposes, information relating to private life.

Regarding the pedestrian cameras of the police, the senators in committee opposed the dissemination of images directly in the media or on social networks, in order to prevent them from being used to fuel "

a media war

" , said co-rapporteur Loïc Hervé (centrist).

Regarding the use of drones, "

the Senate tried to take into account the opinion of the National Commission for Informatics and Liberties (Cnil),

" Hervé said.

The senators thus limited their use (serious offenses, places difficult to access or exposing agents to particular dangers) and provided for a “

flexible

” system of prior authorization (by the prefect or the prosecutor).

The senators have again reviewed the device providing, on an experimental basis, an extension of the prerogatives of municipal police officers.

In particular, they extended the experiment from 3 to 5 years, and eliminated the possibility for these agents to carry out seizures or to note offenses of consumption of narcotics.

Source: lefigaro

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