French Interior Minister considers crime prevention, affirmative action after riots
French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy , widely seen as a leading candidate to replace President Jacques Chirac in 2007, is calling for new crime prevention legislation and affirmative action policies in the wake of widespread rioting ...
French Ambassador to the US Jean-David Levitte said Monday that France was "back to normal" following three weeks of rioting and he denied that religion played a role in the violence, which was prevalent in...
French parliament approves extension of emergency powers to suppress riots
The French Senate on Wednesday approved a three-month extension of emergency powers for local governments still struggling to control rioting around the country. The Senate's approval came a day after the...
JURIST Guest Columnist Dr. Laurent Pech, a native of Aix-en-Provence, France, and Jean Monnet Lecturer in European Union Law at the National University of Ireland, Galway, says that the recent rioting by French immigrant youths has complex roots and represents...
French President Jacques Chirac Monday delivered his first televised address since a recent surge of violence began in France nineteen days ago, promising that justice would be meted out...
French Cabinet approves February extension to emergency riot laws
The French Cabinet Monday approved an extension to emergency powers authorized earlier this month in order to help quell riots that started on October 27. Parliament is expected to approve the...
French interior minister preparing deportations as riots spread to Lyon
Despite curfews and added security measures French youths continued to riot in the streets Saturday night. Central Paris was calm, but for the first time since rioting by disaffected Arab and African immigrant youth began 17 nights...
Thousands of Paris police officers are enforcing a new ban on public rallies in the French capital "likely to start or fuel disorder" declared under emergency powers granted to local authorities in the wake of widespread rioting...
French immigrants, rights groups question use of emergency laws
French immigrant communities and rights groups are criticizing the French government's decision to impose emergency laws in efforts to restore order after two weeks of rioting. The 1955 state of emergency law was...
Turkey can ban the wearing of headscarves in public and private universities, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday. In its judgment , which is not subject to appeal, the court rejected Leyla Sahin's...
