France is engaged in a path
“harmful”
for human rights and is
slowly
destroying
the values of solidarity and equality, believes Agnès Callamard, the new secretary general of Amnesty International who publishes her annual report on Wednesday 7 April .
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“The space for public debate, the space for the realization of civil and political rights is being reduced. Why? Because the right to demonstrate has been subject to numerous restrictions, because France continues to use tear gas, de-encirclement grenades, LBD 40s in an abusive manner and that, this use of violence by the police, it creates fear, ”
she said in an interview with AFP.
“This is a gradual destruction of the values that should be the foundation of any society. This is indeed a red card (addressed to France, editor's note), to say
"beware the latest developments in recent years and in particular in 2020 are going in a direction which is extremely harmful, problematic, and possibly even dangerous. for all rights and freedoms in France, ”explains Agnès Callamard.
