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France will deploy some 70,000 police nationwide as it braces for new protests this weekend after some of the worst urban violence in years erupted on the sidelines of demonstrations a week ago, the government said on Friday. President Emmanuel Macron, who, according to aides, is postponing a visit later this month to Nigeria and Senegal amid the crisis, held a meeting of his defence council of top ministers and officials and was to meet security forces. He was also set to host for the first...
Paris Saint-Germain's game has been postponed following a request by police amid a wave of violent protests in France.
Palestinian militants wounded five Israelis in an attack on Friday before being killed in a shootout with soldiers, leading Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to order a lockdown in the occupied West Bank days before Israeli elections. Details by Kethevane Gorjestani, FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor.
Anti-migrant violence in South Africa is a recurring pattern of weak policing, economic grievance and political scapegoating, not a sudden breakdown. The post Why Anti-Migrant Attacks Keep Returning in South Africa appeared first on The Rio Times.
South African police are investigating the murder of a foreign national after violent protests by anti-immigrant groups swept through the central business district in Durban. The latest death follows months of violent rallies in which at least 10 foreigners were killed and several other countries on the continent raced to repatriate their people. Details by FRANCE 24's correspondent Eunice Masson.
A empregada domรฉstica Leandra Lacerda, 52 anos, recorda que precisou conviver com pressรตes de patrรตes durante perรญodos eleitorais. As mensagens chegaram em diferentes fases de sua trajetรณria profissionalย de formas, inclusive, escancaradas. โEu trabalhava numa residรชncia. E a empregadora gritava comigo (para votar em um candidato)โ, afirma. Notรญcias relacionadas:Justiรงas Eleitoral e do Trabalho lanรงam campanha contra assรฉdio .Assรฉdio eleitoral no trabalho รฉ crime; saiba como identificar.Nรฃo foram raras as vezes em que isso ocorreu. Ela, que comeรงou a trabalhar ainda crianรงa, aos 11 anos de idade, jรก completa quatro dรฉcadas deย serviรงos na casa de outras pessoas. โUma vez, uma pessoa lamentou que eu era uma pena, tipo uma sindicalista (por defender direitos da categoria)โ.ย Leandra se acostumou a ouvir imposiรงรตes e a nรฃo se conformar com essas e outras violaรงรตes. โChegou para mim muito assรฉdio eleitoral por parte dos patrรตes nesses รบltimos trรชs perรญodos de votaรงรฃoโ, garante.ย Atualmente, ela รฉ secretรกria de comunicaรงรฃo da Federaรงรฃo Nacional de Trabalhadoras Domรฉsticas (Fenatrad). Resolveu se tornar dirigente da entidade para estimular outras profissionais a denunciarem violaรงรตes de toda ordem.ย "Nรฃo passaremos pano" Na รบltima semana, a federaรงรฃo iniciou a campanhaย โNรฃo passaremos panoโ, em parceria com a Themis โ Gรชnero, Justiรงa e Direitos Humanos, para levar visibilidade ร s diferentes formas de violรชncia contra trabalhadoras domรฉsticas brasileiras, inclusive o assรฉdio eleitoral ย โA ideia รฉ falar que nรฃo devemos aceitar desrespeito com a genteโ, disse Leandra. Ela considera que o trabalho domรฉstico ocorre em um espaรงo de solidรฃo e de invisibilidade. โSofremos todos os tipos de violaรงรตes de direitos dentro de uma residรชncia. Assรฉdio sexual, moral, patrimonial e eleitoralโ, diz a dirigente, que vive na cidade de Chapecรณ (SC).ย Como reconhecer o assรฉdio Segundo o coordenador nacional de promoรงรฃo da igualdade de oportunidades e eliminaรงรฃo da discriminaรงรฃo no trabalho (Coordigualdade), o procurador Igor Sousa Gonรงalves,ย o assรฉdio eleitoral ocorreย quando o empregador se vale da autoridade para constranger, intimidar e influenciar as escolhas polรญticas. Inclusive, ameaรงar de demissรฃo ou atรฉ oferecer alguma vantagem.ย โO empregador exige atรฉ o tรญtulo de eleitor e informaรงรตes sobre a zona eleitoral onde essa pessoa vai votarโ, exemplificou o procurador do Ministรฉrio Pรบblico do Trabalho (MPT) em entrevista ร Agรชncia Brasil.ย Igor Gonรงalves lembraย que denรบncias podem ser feitas diretamente ao Ministรฉrio Pรบblico do Trabalho pelaย internet ou nas procuradorias do trabalho presencialmente em todo o paรญs. ย โร importante que essas trabalhadoras domรฉsticas guardem mensagens, รกudios e outros registros. Podem solicitar tambรฉm o sigilo da identidadeโ. Nesse sentido, podem optar por trazer informaรงรตes genรฉricas caso nรฃo queiram serย identificadas.ย ย Vulnerabilidade A organizaรงรฃo nรฃo governamental (ONG) que realiza a campanha โNรฃo passaremos panoโ, a Themis โ Gรชnero, Justiรงa e Direitos Humanos, parte do princรญpio de que nรฃo existe democracia plena quando uma trabalhadora domรฉstica precisa escolher entre sua liberdade polรญtica e a manutenรงรฃo do emprego.ย โNo trabalho domรฉstico remunerado, o assรฉdio eleitoral รฉ especialmente grave porque ocorre dentro dos lares, com maior dificuldade de fiscalizaรงรฃo e em relaรงรตes marcadas por profundas desigualdades de classe, gรชnero e raรงaโ, pontua a diretora da entidade, Jรฉssica Miranda.ย ย Ela destaca que o poder de contratar uma trabalhadora nรฃo dรก a ninguรฉm o direito de controlar suas escolhas polรญticas. โO voto รฉ livre e secreto. A democracia tambรฉm precisa ser respeitada dentro das casas onde essas mulheres trabalham", ressalta.ย "Eu nรฃo me dei conta" Jรฉssica se baseia em histรณrias como a da domรฉstica maranhense Maria das Graรงas dos Santos, de 64 anos. Antes do trabalho domรฉstico, viveu na roรงa e quebrava coco babaรงuย desde os 10 anos de idade.ย A maranhense Maria das Graรงas dos Santos, 64 anos, diz que recebeu pressรตes para votar em candidatos de famรญlias para as quais trabalhou - Foto Maria das Graรงas Santos/ Arquivo Pessoal Ela, que teve cinco filhos, diz que recebeu pressรตes diversas para votar em candidatos prรณximos a famรญlias para as quais trabalhou. โNa รฉpoca, nรฃo me dei por conta [da gravidade da situaรงรฃo]โ.ย Hoje, a diretoraย faz questรฃo de falar para trabalhadoras mais jovens que o voto deve ser feito de forma livre. โCada um de nรณs tem que exercer a democracia. Esse รฉ um grande problema atual. Tem trabalhadora que vota por se sentir pressionada. Tem o medo de perder o empregoโ. Ambiente de risco O procurador Igor Sousa Gonรงalves garante que o MPT tem ferramentas de investigaรงรฃo e pode adotar medidas para proteger essa trabalhadora e buscar a responsabilizaรงรฃo dos envolvidos. โAs trabalhadoras domรฉsticas, de modo geral, estรฃo particularmente vulnerรกveis porque trabalham dentro da residรชncia do empregador em um ambiente de isolamento, proximidade pessoal e dependรชncia econรดmicaโ.ย Segundo ele, aย Lei 9.029, de 1995, resguarda trabalhadores das diferentes formas de discriminaรงรฃo. Atรฉ a noite dessa quinta-feira (22), havia cerca de 1,7 mil denรบncias de assรฉdio eleitoral. Para Gonรงalves, as denรบncias desse tipo de violaรงรฃo tendem a aumentar atรฉ domingo (25), dia da eleiรงรฃo.ย
Internet users in China are watching the protests in France with a mix of geopolitical cynicism, domestic pride and sadness at the damage to French landmarks. The protests started in September, when students and teachers in southeastern Paris rallied against deteriorating school conditions. Those specific grievances quickly escalated into nationwide protests at the rising cost of living and declining public services. What began as peaceful marches has since dissolved into violence, with rioters...
The curfew has been extended in certain areas of Paris, every night from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. until Monday morning. The measure has been in force since the violence and looting of the weekend, according to an order from the Paris police prefecture published Thursday. A Paris protest Thursday organised by students -- who had held four weeks of protests before the October 17 rallies -- went ahead with hundreds attending after a police ban was overturned by an emergency court injunction. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with Alice Cohen-Morzadec, International Spokesperson of "L'Union รฉtudiante."
The brutal lynching of an aurally challenged, unidentified man near the Moolathara dam in Keralamโs Palakkad has once again shaken the conscience of society. Abdul Latheef Naha speaks to investigators, psychiatrists and forensic experts to understand how did a homeless man become the target of a group that took it upon itself to punish him and such incidents are recurring.
The attack on the unidentified victim follows a wave of anti-migrants protests in South Africa this year.
Paris police approved a Bastille to Nation march for Saturday 24 October and banned a Yellow Vest and student route to the Opรฉra, citing recent violence. The post Paris Allows One Protest Route, Bans Another appeared first on The Rio Times.
A mob of about 50 people beat a foreign national to death on Thursday in South Africaโs port city of Durban, a flashpoint for anti-migrant sentiment, police said. Durban has been a focus of months of protests against foreign nationals, with looting and violence erupting after an anti-migrant march in the city two weeks ago. Thursdayโs attack in the city centre was on the sidelines of a march, police said, without being able to say what the demonstration was about. Two men from the group...
Those arrested during the October 17 rallies filed into the dock at Parisโs Judicial Court on Tuesday, accused of a broad range of offences โ from assault against police officers to resisting arrest and handling stolen goods. The courtroomโs charged atmosphere was palpable amid the justice ministerโs call for the law to respond with โutmost firmnessโ.
The Security Council heard that deadly violence continues in the east despite the disarmament of nearly 2,000 fighters. and the gradual completion of the latest electoral cycle.
Shopkeepers - including those from immigrant backgrounds - count losses from violence last weekend.
Police violence and use of crowd-control weapons deepen mistrust between French authorities and demonstrators.
When the French fight high fuel taxes, they don yellow vests and march. When angry farmers want better pay, hundreds of them drive tractors down the Champs-Elysees. And when museum workers want better tourist management, they strike and shut down the Louvre. Passionate public protest is as French as โLa Marseillaiseโ, the 1792 anthem that enshrines the collective duty to fight tyranny in the countryโs national identity. But this month, the most violent demonstrations in years โ and tough...
After implementing curfews in cities across France to prevent a continuation of the weekend's violence and looting, French Prime Minister Sรฉbastien Lecornu prepared to meet with trade union organisations on Wednesday to discuss protest security and responses to the high school students who began the now nationwide protests.ย Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu on Tuesday vowed a "massive" police presence at fresh protests called for the coming weekend, as he faced criticism over the handling of recent street violence. The eurozone's second-largest economy was rocked on Saturday by some of its worst rioting in recent years, just six months before voters head to the polls to elect a successor to President Emmanuel Macron. FRANCE 24's Ellen Gainsford reports.
A 17-year-old was sentenced on 20 October to six years for five killings in Montevideo's El Monarca district, as third-quarter homicides rose 20.7%. The post Uruguay Teen Gets 6 Years for 5 Killings appeared first on The Rio Times.
PRESS REVIEWย โ Tuesday, October 20: We look at reactions from the French press after President Emmanuel Macron's government announces a curfew in parts of the country. Is it too much or not enough? We also look at what the foreign press from Britain, Germany and the US are saying about the weekend's violence. Meanwhile, the Italian press reacts to violent looting and destruction of property in Italy as the government there mulls sending in 500 armed troops.ย
Two days have passed since the scenes of chaos and looting on Saturday, but walking down Rue Beaurepaire in Paris on Monday, one can still smell burning in the air, likely coming from the heaps of burned rubbish and charred bicycles left among the smashed shopfronts. Among the most damaged was La Barrique, a local bar-tabac โ classic French corner cafe and bar โ burned down by rioters. Its owner, Aline Li, a middle-aged Chinese immigrant from Zhejiang province, was overseeing workers boarding up...