French interior minister to study RSF proposals for better policing at protests

NewsTwo days after launching a review of police methods for controlling street protests, French interior minister Christophe Castaner met with Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on 18 June, promising to study RSF’s proposals for ending police violence against journalists and indicating that part of the new policing strategy would be dedicated to the media.The RSF delegation expressed deep concern about the many cases of police violence against journalists during the past seven months of “gilets jaunes” (yellow vest) anti-government protests in Franc

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