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The 2005 French riots were in reaction to the death of two Muslim teenagers, electrocuted while hiding from police in an electrical substation. Then-prime minister Dominique de Villepin and his Interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy suggested that the boys were thieves, which did little to calm the situation.
Killing of Malik Oussekine and subsequent 1986–1987 protests in France; 2005 French riots following the death of Zyed Benna, 17, and Bouna Traoré, 15; 2007 Villiers-le-Bel riots following the deaths of Moushin S., 15, and Larami S., 16; 2009 French riots following the death of Mohamed Benmouna, 21
France officially banned face covering in public places in April 2011. [8] Although disputed by French Muslims, the law remains in effect. [9] On 18 July a 21-year-old Muslim convert was asked by the police to remove her face-covering veil. Her husband tried to choke the officer and was detained. [1]
French President Emmanuel Macron attends a government emergency meeting on 2 July 2023 after riots erupted for the fifth night in a row across the country following the death of Nahel, a 17-year ...
The 2005 French riots was a three-week long period of civil disturbances that took place in the suburbs of Paris and other French cities [4] [5] in October and November 2005. These riots involved youth in violent attacks, outbreaks of arson of vehicles and public buildings .
The French teen, identified only as Nahel, was shot during a traffic stop Tuesday in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. The post 17-yo’s killing by French cop rips open racial wounds appeared first ...
2013: 2013 Trappes riots, riots that broke out after police arrested a man who assaulted a police officer who tried to check the identity of his wife wearing a Muslim veil; 2014: 2014 Sarcelles riots, a pro-Palestinian protest against the Israeli ground invasion of Gaza degenerated into an antisemitic riot in Sarcelles, France.
A car burns in Strasbourg, France on the night of 5 November as riots spread from the Paris banlieues to other parts of the country. The following is a timeline of the 2005 French riots that began Thursday, 27 October 2005. Where the source lists events as occurring in a night and following morning, this article lists them on the date of the ...