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A participant in the "yellow vests" movement photographed in front of the Trimphe arch in Paris. REUTERS / Benoit Tessier

For Act XVI of the "yellow vests", rallies were still planned in the capital and province this Saturday, March 2, 2019. The day before, a participant filed a complaint for being prevented from demonstrating in Paris on January 26. It involves a controversial note from the Paris public prosecutor.

The man who lodged a complaint is a 20-year-old student from the south of France, according to Le Parisien . Mounted manifest in Paris on Saturday, January 26 for Act XI, it is controlled late morning near the Champs-Elysees. At the sight of the anti-tear mask, gloves and flags that he carries in his bag, the police decide to call him, tells the student.

His fingerprints and his DNA are taken, he spends the night in custody and is finally released on Sunday afternoon, after the dismissal of his file. His lawyer explains to the Parisian to have filed a complaint including for "obstruction of the freedom to demonstrate" and "unlawful collection of personal data."

For Kempf, this arrest is mainly the consequence of a recent note from the prosecutor of the Republic of Paris, which advocates lifting the police custody " on Saturday evening or Sunday morning, to prevent people from getting fat again the ranks of troublemakers ". It is also requested to keep the name of the detainees in the criminal record file, even when the proceedings are closed.

A note criticized by the Union of the Judiciary, which denounces the fact that " magistrates are summoned to keep in custody, then in a police file, people who have committed no offense ".

Our press release in response to @NBelloubet's comments this morning on RMC, about the internal memo "Permanently Yellow Vests" at the Paris Procuratorate: No, keeping locked up innocents is not "classic" https: // t .co / ICX8agPpM3 pic.twitter.com/NMwIBoddGq

SMagistrature (@SMagistrature) 27 de febrero de 2019

On Tuesday, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights was concerned about the number of "yellow veiled" non-prosecution police guards, saying that such practices constitute serious interference with the exercise of freedoms. . It called on the French authorities not to use these procedures as " preventive policing tools ".

Just published my memo with recommendations on the subject and #FreedomOfAssembly in the context of the "#YellowVests" movement in #France https://t.co/1CRL040dtq

Commissioner for Human Rights (@CommissionerHR) 26 de febrero de 2019

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