Protests
France: Hundreds arrested as student protests escalate
Student protests have grown in scale and intensity, with violent clashes in some places leading to hundreds of arrests and dozens of injuries.
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- Protest: French students take to the street to protest school conditions
- Protest: Amnesty raises alarm over police violence against french students amid protests for better conditions
- Protest: Protests at third of lycees in france blockades now at ten universities
- Protest: France student violence riots far left
- Protest: Nearly arrested as student unrest grips france
- Protest: Fires break out at french schools as students protest
- Protest: France detains over as student protests sweep high schools nationwide
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