A-Infos (en) France, OCL CA #353 - Big Brother 353 (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Discriminatory Identity Checks ==== The police officers who killed 
Rayana will not be tried! ==== 3 BRAV-M officers convicted ==== JDC: a 
new "militarized" version ==== Anti-nuclear activist file ==== Fight 
against algorithmic video surveillance (VSA) ==== Discriminatory 
Identity Checks: France condemned... once, 14 years later! ==== The 
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned France on Thursday, June 
26, for discriminatory identity checks targeting one of its citizens, 
but rejected the applications of five other French citizens.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against France on 
Thursday, June 26, for discriminatory identity checks targeting one of 
its citizens, but rejected the applications of five other French nationals.
Karim Touil, a resident of Besançon, was stopped three times in the 
space of ten days in 2011, 14 years ago. The Court noted that the French 
state failed to provide an "objective and reasonable justification" for 
targeting him and that there was a "presumption of discriminatory 
treatment against him which the government failed to refute." "The ECHR 
concluded that there had been a violation of Karim Touil's rights, 
emphasizing the importance of protecting individuals against 
discrimination based on ethnic or racial criteria," the Court also 
wrote. The state must pay him EUR3,000 in damages.
According to a report by the Court of Auditors published in December 
2023, French law enforcement agencies conduct more than 47 million 
identity checks each year. Despite the "central role" of this tool in 
the practices of police officers and gendarmes, the Court of Auditors 
deplores the lack of "strategic thinking" on the purpose of identity 
checks. Their effectiveness in combating crime is the subject of a 
general "consensus" but has never been measured.
In a survey published on June 24, 2025, the Defender of Rights 
highlighted an increase in identity checks in 2024, with persistent 
discrimination. In light of these findings, the Defender of Rights 
issued several recommendations, including the traceability of identity 
checks to guarantee that those checked have the right to appeal, 
particularly in cases of alleged discrimination.
This hypothesis of "traceability" for identity checks, once considered 
by French authorities in the form of a receipt given to those stopped, 
was never implemented. The government's only response was to present the 
rise of body cameras as a tool to combat discriminatory checks, even 
though they have proven ineffective in this regard.
Source: mediapart.fr

The police officers who killed Rayana will not be brought to justice!
On June 4, 2022, 21-year-old Rayana was returning home from a night out 
with a friend. The two young women accepted a ride from Mohamed M., the 
driver they had just met.
Rayana was in the passenger seat when police stopped the car. Mohamed 
refused to comply and tried to flee-he has since been charged with 
resisting arrest. The officers fired nine shots in the heart of Paris. 
The driver was hit. A bullet struck Rayana in the head. She died the 
next day.
Three years later, on May 5, the family was notified that the case had 
been dismissed. According to the investigating judges, the shots "were 
absolutely necessary and strictly proportionate to the situation 
created" by the driver. The family's lawyer, Florian Lastelle, describes 
the dismissal order as "very cursory," in which Rayana "isn't even 
mentioned." "My cousin was reduced to mere scenery, no more than a piece 
of street furniture." "We were told it was collateral damage," says 
Bilal, Rayana's cousin.
The family, convinced that the trajectory of the shot that hit Rayana 
proves intent to kill, has appealed the dismissal of the case and 
launched a fundraising campaign to cover legal fees.
Source: Streetpress.com

Three BRAV-M police officers sentenced
on the sidelines of a demonstration against pension reform

The events in question date back to the night of March 20, 2023, in 
Paris, during a demonstration against pension reforms. That evening, 
seven people suspected of vandalism were arrested by a team from the 
BRAV-M (Motorized Brigade for the Repression of Violent Action). One of 
those arrested then discreetly started recording the exchanges with the 
police officers. This audio recording-excerpts of which, broadcast in 
the media three days after the incident, caused a stir, even prompting a 
reaction from the Paris police prefect-allowed the court to attribute 
the actions and words to the officers present at the scene.
As a result, three police officers were convicted, receiving sentences 
ranging from a simple fine to a one-year suspended prison sentence, 
including a two-year professional ban. As a reminder, during this BRAV-M 
intervention, a Chadian student was punched in the face twice, 
humiliated, and insulted! It should be noted that the Bobigny court went 
beyond the prosecution's recommendations. The three convicted 
individuals will each have to pay EUR1,000 in damages to the Chadian 
student. However, the court did not uphold the aggravating circumstance 
of racism.
Sources: AFP, lemonde.fr, and mediapart.fr

Defense and Citizenship Day:
a new "militarized" version mandatory for all young people aged 16 to 25 
from the start of the 2025 academic year

Starting this fall, all young French people aged 16 to 25 will be 
required to participate in a revamped version of the Defense and 
Citizenship Day (JDC). This new JDC, with a distinctly military focus, 
will be progressively rolled out across metropolitan France this autumn, 
and then overseas in 2026, Le Monde learned from the Directorate of 
National Service and Youth (DSNJ), the department within the Ministry of 
the Armed Forces responsible for organizing this day.
Nearly 27 years after Jacques Chirac created the Defense Preparation Day 
(JAPD) in 1998, replacing the abolition of compulsory military service, 
and almost 15 years after its official establishment in 2011, the JDC is 
getting a makeover.
While this isn't the first time its program has been adjusted, the 
decision by the Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, to 
transform it into a clear pathway to recruitment within the armed forces 
and reserves is unprecedented.
Starting in September, the JDC (Citizenship and Defense Day) with its 
hours of slideshows and quizzes on the organization of defense in 
France, concluding with a brief presentation of military careers, will 
be a thing of the past. From the start of the academic year, the JDC 
aims to be "immersive," organized around a typical day in the life of a 
soldier. After the flag-raising ceremony and the singing of La 
Marseillaise, the young people will read the Charter of the Rights and 
Duties of the French Citizen. Then, different teams will be formed, 
rotating through various activities: laser tag, strategy games, meals 
based on combat rations, virtual reality experiences of military 
careers, and more.
"The goal is to be very explicit about each of the day's key moments," 
adds General Pierre-Joseph Givre, Director of the National Service and 
Youth Directorate. Laser shooting "will highlight the importance of 
carrying and handling weapons safely, and will serve as a reminder that, 
in a democracy, firearms are the prerogative of uniformed personnel." 
The role-playing exercise, based on crisis and major war scenarios, will 
clearly identify France's potential "adversaries" and "competitors," a 
list that can be updated-such as jihadist groups, Russia, Iran, or North 
Korea-while also highlighting the role of diplomacy and international 
institutions (NATO, UN, European Union, etc.).
This evolution of the JDC (Citizenship and Defense Day) is part of the 
context of global war. Several European countries, mainly on the eastern 
flank, have begun to reintroduce compulsory military service for men and 
voluntary service for women since Moscow's annexation of Crimea in 2014 
(Lithuania in 2015, Latvia and Croatia in 2025). Others are seeking to 
expand their pool of reservists (such as Poland, Estonia, and Norway).
"The possibility of a major engagement forces us to rethink our army 
model and its relationship with civil society. Previously, the French 
army had an essentially expeditionary role; now it must anticipate a 
potential confrontation with a military power like Russia," explains 
General Givre.
The reform of the JDC (Citizenship and Defense Day) also comes amid 
growing concern within the armed forces' human resources departments 
about the continued decline in births in France since 2010, from 
approximately 828,000 to 663,000 in 2025, according to INSEE (the French 
National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies). This is 
considered a major risk within the next ten years for maintaining the 
current strength of the armed forces (around 210,000 active-duty 
soldiers). Hence the ambition to also develop the reserve, with the goal 
of 80,000 reservists by 2030, compared to 47,000 today.
The challenge now is to find the pool of recruits. Without claiming to 
be the answer to all the military's recruitment challenges, the 
initiators of the new JDC (Citizenship and Defense Day) hope to 
strengthen this final key component of the youth "citizenship pathway," 
as defined by law since 1997. This pathway is based, in principle, on 
three stages: registration at the town hall at age 16, defense education 
by teachers in schools, and then the JDC.
The day will conclude with a "republican farewell," a solemn moment 
during which the cornflower of France, a symbol of remembrance for 
veterans and war victims, will be presented. Since 2023, wearing this 
flower has been mandatory for all civil and military authorities at 
certain ceremonies.
The challenge of retention remains. To encourage vocations, and even 
consider conscription if circumstances require it, the Ministry is 
primarily counting on maintaining long-term connections with young 
people. This will be achieved in particular through a platform currently 
under development called Défense+, a kind of social media platform that 
will allow users to download their "defense passport," certifying their 
participation in the JDC (Journée Défense et Citoyenneté - Citizenship 
and Defense Day), which is required to take the baccalaureate exam or 
the driving test.
Source: Excerpt from an article by Elise Vincent in Le Monde.

A file of anti-nuclear activists validated by the Council of State
By a decree of the Ministry of the Interior dated April 8, 2024, a file 
entitled ODIINuc (Optimization of Data and Information of Nuclear 
Interest) was created.
This file aims to "collect and analyze information relating to 
individuals involved in events revealing a risk to nuclear safety" in 
France. The vagueness of the terms used to define the individuals 
targeted leaves considerable leeway to the data controller of this file, 
namely the Gendarmerie, which manages it. Greenpeace France, the "Exit 
from Nuclear" network, and Cacendr (an anti-nuclear association against 
the burial of radioactive waste in Bure and the repression thereof) 
asked the Council of State to clarify the acts that could lead to 
inclusion in the file. On July 23, 2025, the Council of State issued its 
decision. The court upheld the file despite its numerous ambiguities and 
the infringements on fundamental freedoms it entails. Under the guise of 
pursuing a public safety objective, the Council of State acknowledges in 
its decision that this data collection will lead to infringements on the 
right to privacy, as well as on freedom of expression and the freedom to 
demonstrate.
The associations are extremely concerned about the arbitrary use made 
possible by this database, which the Council of State did not censor. 
They reserve the right to bring the case before the European Court of 
Human Rights.
Source: sortirdunucleaire.org

Nothing is ever definitively settled!
The fight against algorithmic video surveillance (AVS) is far from over.

Remember! The law concerning the 2024 Olympic Games stipulated the 
deployment of real-time behavior recognition software in public spaces. 
Adopted in the spring of 2023, this legislation authorized the police, 
the gendarmerie, and transport operators to use private VSA (Virtual 
Behavioral Analysis) software for over a year, well beyond the Summer 
Games. These algorithms analyzed crowds at concerts, football matches, 
music festivals, and other public events, according to the whims of the 
authorities. This first phase ended on March 31, 2025, with an official 
evaluation stating that VSA had been completely ineffective.
Following this, in February 2025, the Minister of Transport attempted a 
power play in the National Assembly by passing an amendment extending 
the experiment until 2027 in a completely unrelated law. It failed! The 
Constitutional Council deemed it an unrelated legislative provision and 
struck it down.
One could reasonably have believed that this algorithmic video 
surveillance was finally over! But... there are the 2030 Winter 
Olympics, and the Bayrou government has thrown a wrench in the works 
with its bill on these Games, proposing to restart the experimentation 
phase until the end of 2027. The Senate passed it, it was supposed to be 
presented to the National Assembly in the fall... and then, bam! Bayrou 
resigns. Will we ever hear about this again? We fear so!
Source: laquadrature.net

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