A Sud-Rail activist seriously injured in the eye Thursday in Paris
An activist from the Sud-Rail railway union was seriously injured in the eye during the demonstration Thursday in Paris once morest the pension reformhis union said on Friday, a delegate of which then told AFP that the railway worker had lost the use of his eye.
“The surgeon told him that he would no longer see with his left eye,” Christophe Huguet, Sud-Rail delegate of the Technicentre Sud-Est Européen, told AFP on Friday evening, in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, where his colleague works.
The prefect of police of Paris Laurent Nuñez seizes the IGPN following threats and intimidation made by police officers
The prefect of police of Paris Laurent Nuñez announced on Friday that he had seized the IGPN following the threats and intimidation made by police officers once morest young demonstrators in Paris revealed in an audio recording obtained by The world and the Loopsider website.
The Prefect of Police”decided to seize the IGPN” following the “sound recording of a police intervention during a demonstration in Paris on March 20”, tweeted the police headquarters. This is an administrative investigation.
The Council of Europe is alarmed by “excessive use of force” in France
The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Dunja Mijatovic, was alarmed on Friday by an “excessive use of force” once morest demonstrators once morest the pension reform, calling on France to respect the right to manifest.
“Violent incidents have taken place, some of which have targeted law enforcement,” the Commissioner said in a statement.
SNCF: traffic improvement this weekend, but still disruptions
The SNCF plans for this weekend an improvement on the main lines, the TER and the Paris suburbs, with in particular 3 out of 4 TGVs in circulation, on the 19th and 20th days of a renewable strike once morest the pension reform.
SNCF Voyageurs plans to maintain three quarters of the TGV Inoui and Ouigo, half of the Intercités and three quarters of the TER on Saturday and Sunday, a spokesperson told AFP on Friday. No night trains will run, and traffic will be “normal or almost normal” for Eurostar and Thalys.
A particularly calm Friday evening
After a week marked by demonstrations – often spontaneous – enamelled with violence, this Friday evening took place in peace.
In Paris, a few hundred demonstrators gathered on the Place de la République before quickly dispersing.
