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French People Are Angry, Protests Have Been Taking Place

French people are angry, protests have been taking place in the streets for two weeks: Know why.

There has been chaos in the streets of France for the past two weeks. All this is happening in view of the security bill that was passed in the lower house on 24 November.

The government and protesters are face to face before and after its passage. Everyone from human rights activists to journalists are opposing this bill.

French people are angry, According to journalists, the government wants to ban freedom of information through this bill.

In fact, in this bill, any tampering with the pictures of policemen has been termed as an offense intended to harm them.

According to this bill, giving personal details along with photographs of policemen and officers will also come under the category of crime.

On behalf of the government, it has been said that due to such antics, the authorities have to face psychological problems.

In this, there is a provision for a sentence of one year and a fine of about 45 lakh rupees (53 thousand dollars) if found guilty.

The National Assembly had 388 votes in its favor, while 104 members had voted against it, while 66 were absent.

Let me also tell you here that this is yet to be discussed in the Upper House. If it is passed after this discussion proposed in January, it will take the form of a law.

While the protesters have their own arguments about this, the government says that it is doing so to protect the policemen being hunted through online.

At the same time, journalists say that because of this bill, people who make their videos during protests can be targeted.

Not only here but the United Nations Human Rights Commission has come down in protest against this bill. UNHC has also raised concerns over the bill.

Last evening too, more than 50 thousand people protested against this bill. These performances were performed in many cities and states of France.

During this, he also had a clash with the policemen. In response, policemen also had to use force on these protesters.

Let me tell you that so far about 90 rallies have been held in different parts of France to protest against this bill.

At the same time, government figures show that 64 people have also been arrested for inciting violence during these protests. About 30 people have been arrested in Paris alone.

In France, there were several days of protests against changes in the proposed pension policy on the same day last year.

During this time, traffic was completely stalled in many places.

In protest, teachers, advocates, transport workers, policemen, health workers, and working people from other areas also took to the streets for several days.

This series of protests was broken only after the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic.

In 2018 also, in the month of December itself, the Yellow Waste Movement in France came out. These performances not only appeared in France but also in some other countries.

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