Paris court upholds partial ban on student protests, Digi Mart USA News (Paris, France): The Paris administrative court, ruling on an emergency application, rejected requests to annul a partial ban on a demonstration declared by student unions for the afternoon of Tuesday, November 3, according to the source report.
The prefecture said the only authorized route runs from Porte de Charenton to Porte de Montreuil, and it urged everyone wishing to take part in the protest to join at that route.
Earlier on Tuesday morning, blockades were reported outside several high schools as part of a new day of mobilization by high school and university students. In Paris, a blockade was underway outside the Jules Ferry lycée in the presence of police, and the Polyvalent high school in Cachan was blocked.
The source report states that hundreds of students forced a police cordon a few streets from the Panthéon, pushing officers back and forcing them to reposition. In Talence, streets were reportedly filled with tear gas amid a heavy police presence, and several students were arrested.
In Lyon, the prefecture counted 900 demonstrators, while organizers put the figure at 1,500. According to the French Ministry of Higher Education, 51 of 184 higher education institutions were disrupted.
The Union syndicale lycéenne and the Union étudiante claimed that more than 500 high schools and more than 50 campuses were blocked.
Separately, three high school students were detained early Tuesday and placed in police custody.
