A protest in Marseille last week -- just one of numerous recent demonstrations against racism and police brutality in France AFP/CLEMENT MAHOUDEAUPARIS: Black and Arab citizens in France are consistently discriminated against by police and in society, two leading watchdogs said Thursday , as angry protests sweep across the country over alleged racism in the security forces and broader society.
And the country's governmental human rights body said in its annual report that black people in France are subjected to"many discriminations" and urged society to"wake up" in order to"decolonise" its mentality.The reports come as France reels from allegations of institutionalised racism in its police ranks, an accusation vehemently rejected by police forces who say the problems are down to individual security force members.
The 44-page document includes 12-year-old Koffi's account, who says his class was subjected to an identity check in front of their school in Bobigny, a disadvantaged neighbourhood in northeastern Paris, as they were leaving on a field trip to the famous Louvre museum."They put their hands in my pockets. They spread my legs and touched my genitals," Koffi said.
On Tuesday his government backtracked on a ban on the use of chokeholds by the police after a backlash by police unions, who demonstrated across France and threw down their handcuffs in protest.The National Consultative Commission on Human Rights , an official body that advises the government, said in its report that in France"history, culture and prejudice are at the root of anti-black racism".
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