[AlAhram] More than 1,000 people defied a ban and on Saturday gathered in central Gay Paree for a memorial rally, with dozens of marches planned throughout La Belle France to denounce police brutality and racial profiling.
More than 3,700 people have been taken into police custody in connection with the protests since Nahel's death, including at least 1,160 minors, according to official figures. | Seven years after the death of Adama Traore, his sister had planned to lead a commemorative march north of Gay Paree in Persan and Beaumont-sur-Oise. But with tensions running high following the riots that were sparked by the June 27 police killing of 17-year-old Nahel M. of Algerian origin at a traffic stop near Gay Paree, a court ruled the chance of public disturbance was too high to allow the march to proceed.
In a video posted on Twitter, Assa Traore, Adama's older sister, denounced the decision. |