The Paris police headquarters announced this Thursday, January 5 the ban, on the instructions of Gérald Darmanin, of a torchlight march planned for this Saturday by the ultra-right movement, due to "
strong risks of unrest at the 'public order
'.
In a press release, the police headquarters explained that "
in the current context, due to the strong risk of disturbances to public order, and moreover the significant mobilization of the police forces that day on several events, the safety of participants in the march and local residents could not be fully ensured
".
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A ban order has been notified to the organizers, added the prefecture.
The march organized by the association Paris Fierté, in tribute to Sainte-Geneviève, patroness of Paris, was to begin Saturday at 6 p.m., on a time slot partly concomitant with a demonstration planned by the Kurdish community in tribute to three activists killed in 2013 in Paris, we explained from a police source.
From the same source, emphasis is also placed on the context of surveillance of the ultra-right, with incidents that occurred during the semi-final of the Football World Cup which pitted France against Morocco.
Incidents had already occurred during the last edition of the Paris Pride march, on January 15, 2022.
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Several processions of "
yellow vests
" are also announced on Saturday in the streets of the capital, while the government must present its pension reform on January 10, which meets with strong opposition from the unions and the left.
