In July 2019, we interviewed Assa Traré and Almamy Kanouté from the Comité pour Adama. Camille Champeaux, Project officer at the Centre de recherche et d’information pour le développement (CRID) said,…
(The Guardian) Two climate crisis protesters who removed Emmanuel Macron’s portrait from an official building were justified in doing so because of the severity of the environmental emergency, a judge…
(European Economic and Social Committee) Interim Report - November 2019 The Fundamental Rights and Rule of Law (FRRL) Group was created as a horizontal body within the European Economic and…
A number of associations and collectives as well the "yellow vests" movements called for a peaceful climate and social justice march on 21 September. However, according to the Paris Observatory…
Council of Europe issued an alert on what happened while G7 was taking place in Biarritz, France concerning threats on media freedom. (Council of Europe)Several journalists present in Biarritz and Bayonne…
(New Statesman) Emmanuel Macron’s liberal image is at odds with his record on climate change and civil liberties. As French president Emmanuel Macron welcomed international leaders, including Boris Johnson and Donald…
UPDATE 19 July: Following these findings, the Paris Observatory of Public Freedoms recalls: that the right of assembly and freedom of expression are recognized and protected in accordance with the Constitution…
(Sherpa) Paris, 13 May 2019 – 17 humanitarian and human rights NGOs today denounced threats to press freedom after three French journalists were summoned by the French intelligence services for investigating…
(Translated from French with DeepL - Observatory of liberties of Nantes) The Observatory of liberties of Nantes was created as a result of the public authorities' reaction to the terrorist…
On Saturday 20 April, during Act 23 of the Gilets Jaunes protests, photo-journalist Gaspard Glanz was arrested in Paris for “participation in a group aiming to commit violence or damages”…