The Paris police headquarters on Thursday banned a demonstration against racism and Islamophobia planned for Sunday, citing
“high risks of disturbances to public order”
.
“The failure to take into account the risks of excesses by the organizers and the insufficient security service raise fears of a strong risk of disturbances to public order
,” the police headquarters told AFP.
“This march which denounces in particular in its appeal “police crimes” against young people is conducive to attracting components deliberately seeking clashes with the police, creating a real risk of disturbances to public order”
, specifies the prefecture in a decree published Thursday.
The national observatory of police practices and violence and the NPA are among the organizers of this march which was to take place between Barbès and République, followed by a concert.
A “Kafkaesque operation”
The organizing collective has filed an appeal for interim relief, one of its representatives, Amal Bentounsi, told AFP.
“We therefore arrive at this situation through a formidable Kafkaesque operation: organizing a demonstration to denounce racism, Islamophobia and for the protection of all children becomes a violent provocation in the eyes of the French state and is prohibited from doing so. title”
, reacted this collective in a press release. The decree notes
“moreover that this march, also wishing to focus attention on the children of Gaza, is likely, given the current tensions in the Middle East (...) to carry anti-Semitic slogans within it. »
.
The prefecture also evokes a context of
“police mobilization on other demonstrations and sporting events”
, such as a flea market on Place de la République all day or for the PSG-Olympique Lyonnais football match that evening.