French High School Student Protests Met with Excessive Force

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Students raise their hands in front of police officers as they demonstrate outside Sciences Po during a protest over school overcrowding and decay in Paris, France, October 7, 2026. © 2026 Tom Nicholson/Getty Images Images from ongoing student protests in France of heavily armed riot police using tear gas, stun grenades, batons, rubber bullets, and rough restraint techniques on children have sparked national and international concern.High schoolers across France have taken to the streets since September 21 frustrated with the government’s continued…

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