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Burkini in Grenoble: opening of an investigation into Citizen Alliance files

2022-05-17T20:39:00.764Z


This militant association, at the origin of the debate on the burkini in Grenoble swimming pools, would have collected data including ethnic origin but also political and religious convictions.


The Grenoble prosecutor announced on Tuesday May 17 that he had opened an investigation on a report from the Isère prefecture on the possible existence of files held by the association Citizen Alliance, at the origin of the debate on the burkini in Grenoble swimming pools. .

The investigation concerns "

facts of recording or storage of sensitive personal data without the consent of the person concerned, an offense punishable by a sentence of 5 years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros

", specifies Eric Vaillant in a message broadcast on the Whatsapp group of the Grenoble prosecutor's office.

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The prefecture of Isère had announced shortly before that it had taken legal action to shed light after "

information that appeared recently in several media

", according to which "

the association called Alliance Citoyenne would have held and would still hold a certain number of files containing information of a nominative nature, the existence and possession of which come under a legal regime protecting individual freedoms and under the control of the CNIL

”.

Data collection including ethnic origins

According to a survey by Le

Parisien

published on May 10, this militant association would have collected data during its activities including ethnic origin but also political and religious convictions.

Citizen Alliance has made a name for itself by organizing several punching operations in Grenoble swimming pools since 2019 to demand the wearing of the burkini.

This prompted the city council to modify the internal rules of the swimming pools on Monday to relax the clothing restrictions.

The new regulations only prohibit swim shorts for swimming.

In fact, burkinis, monokinis and anti-UV swimsuits will be authorized.

Totally against the burkini, perceived as a symbol of religious conservatism, the municipal opposition filed an urgent appeal on Tuesday before the administrative court of Grenoble to obtain the suspension of the deliberation which sparked a national controversy.

The Minister of the Interior of the resigning government of Jean Castex, Gérald Darmanin, indicated on Tuesday that he had "

instructed the prefect to refer to ''referred secularism'' the deliberation allowing the wearing of ''Burkini'' and, if necessary , to request its withdrawal

.

Source: lefigaro

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