PoliticsFrench bill making rioters pay faces ‘anti-democratic’ backlash

A proposed French law would make rioters liable for up to €10,000 in damage they cause. Rights groups and some lawyers oppose it, saying it attacks the basic democratic right to take to the streets in protest.

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