France student protest ban upheld by Paris administrative court, Digi Mart USA News (Paris, France): The Paris administrative court, hearing an urgent application, rejected requests to annul a prefectural order partially banning a demonstration declared by student unions for the afternoon of Tuesday, November 3 in Paris. The only authorized route runs from Porte de Charenton to Porte de Montreuil.
The court’s decision was reported by the prefecture, which said the demonstration had been declared by student unions. The prefecture urged everyone wishing to take part in the march to join at the authorized route.
Earlier on Tuesday morning, blockades took place outside several high schools as part of a new day of high school and student mobilization. In Paris, a blockade was underway outside the Lycée Jules Ferry in the presence of police, and the Lycée polyvalent in Cachan was blocked.
In Lyon, the prefecture counted 900 demonstrators, while organizers put the number at 1,500. According to the French Ministry of Higher Education, 51 of the 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.
Three high school students were also detained early Tuesday and placed in police custody. The source article is a publisher report that has not been independently verified.
