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Critics attack 'anti-democratic' French bill making rioters pay

Straits Times27 October 2026, 14:41 UTCFrance

PARIS, Oct 27 - A proposed French law making rioters liable to pay up to €10,000 ($11,150) for damage they cause faces a backlash from rights groups and some lawyers who say it attacks the basic democratic right to take to the streets to protest.

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