France targets groups, websites with expanded powers under anti-terror law

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PARIS - The French government said this week it is closing down an activist-run media outlet and a Muslim website deemed at odds with"national values", the latest in a series of steps that rights gro

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PARIS - The French government said this week it is closing down an activist-run media outlet and a Muslim website deemed at odds with"national values", the latest in a series of steps that rights groups and lawyers say infringe on democratic freedoms.

The government has been making increasing use of powers to shut down organisations or groups. In the last two years, there have been 12 such shutdowns, an uptick from seven between 2016 and 2019, according to French public records. Of the organisations shut by decree since January 2020, seven are Muslim-related, including associations to run mosques, a humanitarian organisation and anti-Islamophobia groups, the records show. Three far-right groups have been closed.

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