Gilets jaunes Leaders Released From Police Custody After Saturday Arrests in Paris
Gilets jaunes leaders released from police custody in Paris: Benjamin Ball and spokeswoman Azelma Sigaux were detained Saturday before a banned rally and freed Sunday after 24 hours in custody. Their lawyer called the detention disproportionate, saying they only called for peaceful civil disobedience. The movement plans a major action on November 21.
Gilets jaunes leaders released from police custody in Paris, Digi Mart USA News (Paris): Benjamin Ball, a member of the Gilets jaunes coordination, and movement spokeswoman Azelma Sigaux were released Sunday from police custody in Paris. They had been detained Saturday in front of the National Assembly, ahead of a rally that had been banned.
Their lawyer, David Libeskind, said 24 hours in custody was totally disproportionate, because the two had only called for peaceful civil disobedience. He said they were accused of organizing a banned demonstration, but were not arrested at the gathering site itself, but in front of the National Assembly.
The National Assembly is located across the Seine from the Place de la Concorde, where the Gilets jaunes had maintained a rally Saturday despite a ban issued by the Paris police prefecture. Sigaux said the group held a press conference on the Quai d’Orsay when riot police moved in on them.
She said that once they were surrounded, the group sat on the ground and was taken to a police station.
The Gilets jaunes coordination had chosen to act independently Saturday, refusing to join the authorized intersyndical march in Paris. The intersyndical call to protest “for youth and against the high cost of living” drew 146,000 people across France according to the Interior Ministry, and 250,000 according to organizers.
The lawyer said the leaders had expected to be arrested, since their call for civil disobedience had been widely publicized. Sigaux said the arrests showed exactly what the group was protesting: the right to demonstrate wherever they choose.
Aymeric Caron, deputy for Paris’s 18th constituency (REV, affiliated with LFI), visited the leaders Sunday in support and denounced what he called an increasingly heavy repressive apparatus against demonstrators.
According to their lawyer, the Gilets jaunes plan a “spectacular action” on November 21 to mark the anniversary of the movement, which was born in 2018.
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