A-Infos (en) France, OCL CA #335 - Big Brother 335 (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

As early as March, demonstrations against the mega-basin construction 
project in Sainte Soline had been banned by the Deux-Sèvres prefecture. 
Dozens of prohibition orders followed during the pension reform period 
between April and June. Even the march in memory of Adama Traoré in July 
was banned due to the context of the revolts following the death of 
Nahel in Nanterre. ---- Then came the demonstrations in support of the 
Palestinians, almost all of which were banned following a message from 
the sinister Darmanin, dated October 12, specifying: "Pro-Palestinian 
demonstrations, because they are likely to generate unrest 'public 
order, must be prohibited'. The Palestine Action Committee then mounted 
an appeal to the Council of State which was rejected even though it 
ruled against the systematic ban on these demonstrations.
Despite these bans, most of these demonstrations still took place with a 
deluge of cops, arrests, police custody and fines of at least EUR135. So 
what to do?
The coordination against repression and police violence Paris-IDF 
proposes to collectively refuse to give one's identity. "The more of us 
there are, the more difficult or even impossible it is for the cops to 
control everyone and issue tickets immediately.
If I arrive at the police station for an identity check, I will consider 
giving it. In this way we collectively save time and stop the repressive 
machine! If you are ever fined, you can contest the fine. Don't pay it 
if you plan to contest it. On the Internet you can find different bases 
for contesting fines for prohibited demonstrations, and this 
coordination offers to hold a workshop for writing fine contestations. 
There are 45 days from the time you receive the paper fine to contest. 
Everyone must send their protest personally, but collective action can 
be taken when you are summoned to the police court if your dispute has 
not been accepted.»
Sources: lemonde.fr, Paris-luttes.info, coordination against repression 
and police violence (telephone number: 07 52 95 71 11, email address: 
stoprepression@riseup.net)

Beyond the immediate security and repressive response - nearly 1,800 
people were notably sentenced to prison terms for acts linked to the 
riots - the President of the Republic had promised the "return of 
'authority, at each level, and first of all in the family'.
In front of an audience of 250 mayors concerned by these revolts linked 
to the assassination of Nahel, Élisabeth Borne announced on October 26 a 
series of repressive and scandalous measures after this summer's revolt 
in the suburbs against police violence. Among the measures of this 
so-called "anti-riot" plan: force families to pay for the damage their 
child is suspected of, or even impose "community service" sentences on 
them. Borne also announced huge fines of EUR750 for non-compliance with 
the "curfew". The curfew is already a scandalous measure used in times 
of war and now applied in the event of riots. This involves further 
repressing those who disobey. We can also imagine the use of this 
measure in the event of new health, security or other curfews... The 
partnership between justice and the army will also be "strengthened" to 
develop defense classes in closed educational centers, the carrying out 
of work of general interest within military units and military 
supervision systems.
The possibility of banning minors from social networks for a period of 
up to six months, mentioned by the Minister of Justice, already appears 
in the bill currently being adopted aimed at securing and regulating the 
digital space, carried by the Minister responsible for digital 
transition and telecommunications.

Sources: lemonde.fr and contre-attack.net

On November 9, the Council of State canceled this dissolution decided by 
the Council of Ministers on June 21. On the other hand, the Council of 
State validated three other dissolutions targeting the organization 
Antifascist Group Lyon and surroundings (GALE), dissolved in March 2022, 
the small far-right group from Angers L'Alvarium, dissolved in November 
2021, and the Coordination against Racism and Islamophobia, dissolved in 
October 2021. The GALE has already announced that it is continuing the 
legal fight by referring "to European judges to remind the Council of 
State what a fundamental freedom is" (extract from the GALE press release)
All of these dissolutions were examined at a substantive hearing on 
October 27. The decision on the Earth Uprisings was the most anticipated 
because this dissolution was the first to target an environmentalist 
organization. It was also the first time that such a vast movement - the 
SLT claims 150,000 activists and affiliated people, even if they have no 
official legal existence - was targeted.
Furthermore, confirmation of the dissolution would have had a serious 
and immediate impact on the associative world insofar as the Earth 
Uprisings were not dissolved for having directly caused violence or 
damage, but for having "provoked violence targeting property", under 
article L212-1 of the internal security code, reformed by the 
"separatism" law of August 2021. Such an extension of the domain of 
dissolution could have concerned, in the long term, many other actors, 
such as Right to Housing (DAL), lots of other associations even de facto 
(not declared by the law of 1901) even union sections and unions. What 
exactly does the "separatism" law say? "All associations or de facto 
groups are dissolved, by decree in the Council of Ministers: 1° Which 
provoke armed demonstrations or violent acts against people or property; 
This first paragraph is enough for those in power to attempt to dissolve 
any collective carrying out actions to destroy property (buildings under 
construction, "Large useless projects" etc.)
Note that under Macron 34 associations were subject to dissolution (the 
absolute record since the birth of the 5th Republic in 1958), only one, 
to date, has seen its dissolution canceled by the Council of State "the 
Uprisings of Earth ".
Sources: lemonde.fr

The majority of funds collected on Livrets A and LDDS (60%) are used by 
the Caisse des Dépôts, which finances social housing with the first, and 
green projects such as energy renovations with the second. The rest goes 
to credit institutions, which re-inject this money into the development 
or creation of SMEs. But those in the armaments sector do not really 
benefit from it. The money lying dormant in some of our regulated 
savings accounts should further finance the defense industry! An 
amendment along these lines was actually adopted in the 2024 finance 
bill, passed to the National Assembly this Tuesday, November 7, 2023 
following the use of 49-3 by the government. Tabled by deputies Thomas 
Gassilloud, Christophe Plassard and Jean-Louis Thiériot, it aims to 
direct part of the outstanding Livret A and the Sustainable and 
Solidarity Development Booklet (LDDS) towards the financing of arms 
companies. In his March 23 report, Christophe Plassard wrote that "banks 
and financial institutions are increasingly reluctant to finance the 
defense industry, for fear of seeing their reputation tarnished." For 
this Horizon MP, "Mobilizing the savings of the French would make it 
possible to involve citizens in the implementation of the war economy 
and therefore to strengthen the moral forces of the Nation." This has 
the merit of being clear and is part of the "war economy" decreed in 
June 2022 by the Head of State: In the event of a high intensity 
conflict, E. Macron wants to mobilize economic actors likely to 
contribute to defense....
Sources: Lemonde.fr, Ouest-France, humanity....

Over the past five years, more than 35 people have been injured and one 
killed by bullet launcher fire. The LBD is a weapon used by the police 
and gendarmes since the early 2000s, replacing the flashball, which 
appeared at the end of the 1990s. Equipped with a 40 millimeter barrel, 
this rifle fires rubber bullets at more 250 km/hour (more than 73 
m/second). The Ministry of the Interior describes the LBD as an 
"intermediate force weapon", even though it is classified as "category 
A2", i.e. war material, alongside rocket launchers in particular. A 
classification which leaves little doubt of its lethality.
Ministerial instructions from August 2017 specify that "the shooter 
primarily targets the torso as well as the lower limbs", targeting the 
head apparently being prohibited. As recalled in a note from the 
Ministry of the Interior addressed to all law enforcement agencies, in 
February 2019, authorized officials must use the LBD, according to the 
framework provided by the Penal Code and that of internal security. , 
"in strict compliance with the principles of necessity and 
proportionality". Except in cases of self-defense, that is to say when 
the agent, one of his colleagues or a third person is physically 
threatened, warnings must precede the shooting, which must be done at a 
regulatory distance, below in which the risks of damage are 
irreversible. But what is this distance?

Mediapart journalists investigated. Finally the Ministry of the Interior 
lowered the regulatory distance from 10 meters to 3 meters, that is to 
say almost point blank. A decision that the gendarmerie would have 
advised not to follow? Amazing!?
Remember that in Europe, France is, with Greece and Poland, one of the 
rare countries to use it.
Source: Médiapart.fr

It is "the global event for the safety and internal security of States": 
in short, arms manufacturers from different countries exhibit all their 
weapons, their technologies dedicated to maintaining order, to the 
security of people and goods that they develop with the aim of selling 
them to the States of the planet. Among the exhibitors and participants 
we find companies like Alsetex and Nobelsport, which supply most of the 
weapons used by cops in France, but also around fifty Israeli companies...
In France, this market represents 130,000 jobs and 4,000 companies with 
a turnover of more than 30 billion euros, more than half of which is 
exported.
This market is growing and growing three times faster than the country's 
economy. At the global level, the security market represented 600 
billion euros in 2020, the outlook for 2029 would be 1,000 billion euros.
For several years, the show has included a conference section, which 
aims to bring together French and international experts to discuss state 
security issues, in a context of globalization which requires thinking 
about issues of protection and interdependence. In the context of the 
Olympic Games being held in France in 2024, the government wanted 
Milipol to focus its conferences around this theme.
A rally took place on Wednesday the 15th under a banner "Stop arming 
Israel" in front of the entrance "to impose the ceasefire and put an end 
to the arming of the genocide of the Gazans!"» To date, we have not had 
a report on this initiative

Sources; Paris-luttes.infos, le monde.fr, etc.

The National Commission for Information Technology and Liberties (CNIL) 
announced on November 15 the launch of an inspection of the Ministry of 
the Interior relating to its use of video surveillance analysis 
software. The day before, the Disclose site revealed, based on internal 
police documents, that the latter had been using software provided by 
the Israeli company Briefcam since 2015. In particular, it makes it 
possible to automatically recognize, on video surveillance images, a 
vehicle using its license plate or a person based on their clothing or 
facial recognition.
However, the use of this software by law enforcement has not even been 
declared to the CNIL, according to Disclose. Furthermore, according to 
the media, the work to assess its impact on data protection, although 
mandatory, has not been carried out. "Some services have the Briefcam 
tool, but as this has not been declared to the CNIL, it seems preferable 
not to talk about it," admitted a police officer quoted by Disclose, on 
condition of anonymity.
Briefcam is not the only industrialist working with French law 
enforcement: as Le Monde wrote in 2019, the Toulouse police collaborated 
with the Australian company Brainchip to analyze video surveillance 
images as part of legal investigations .
More than simple video surveillance but not quite facial recognition: 
This type of service - recognizing an individual on the basis of their 
outfit for example - has long fallen into legal uncertainty that the 
CNIL has regularly requested to specify. With this monitoring, the data 
protection authority may be able to shed light on what law enforcement 
has done in this gray area.

Sources: Lemonde.fr and disclose.ngo

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