A man was arrested Saturday, May 8 in Orléans as part of a rally declared as protesting but diverted from its announced object and transformed into a tribute to Joan of Arc, we learned from the Loiret prefecture.
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The organizers of this rally, which took place in front of the cathedral and attended by a maximum of about 90 people, according to the same source, were "
in the process of verbalization
" Saturday evening.
Considered "
close to Generation Identity
", a recently dissolved far-right group, the man arrested wore a swastika engraved on his arm, a swastika which was "
exposed
", said the prefecture.
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The organizers, who had declared a rally in the prefecture to protest against the health measures, had been warned not to divert the object of this gathering, the same source said.
Indeed, it was recalled, the decree of 29/10/2020 only authorizes gatherings or demonstrations "
of a protest nature
", a framework in which a gathering in honor of Joan of Arc did not enter. .
Normally, outside of periods of sanitary restrictions, the festivals celebrating Joan of Arc, known as Johannine festivals, are the occasion for ten days of festivities in Orleans at this time of the year.
