Human rights watch: France

by **Symmetry** on Thu Nov 24, 2016 2:45 am

mrswdk wrote:RIP Washington Consensu, all hail the century of the Beijing Consensus!!

All hail? Really?

by **mrswdk** on Thu Nov 24, 2016 4:53 am

Yes. First it was China beating the US to securing free trade deals with European countries (Switzerland and Iceland), then it was the UK's Cameron and Osborne rushing over to China every five seconds begging for trade deals and relentlessly lobbying the EU to be nice to China. Now, France (having already thumbed its nose at America's wars) is admitting that Beijing and not Washington has it right when it comes to social stability and cohesion, and homeland security.

Asia and Africa were already China's, and now so is the EU. Congratulations, France, on your safe and well-controlled society. Congratulations EU on your new Chinese friend! \(^_^)/

中欧有情万岁！

by **waauw** on Thu Nov 24, 2016 6:53 am

mrswdk wrote:Yes. First it was China beating the US to securing free trade deals with European countries (Switzerland and Iceland), then it was the UK's Cameron and Osborne rushing over to China every five seconds begging for trade deals and relentlessly lobbying the EU to be nice to China. Now, France (having already thumbed its nose at America's wars) is admitting that Beijing and not Washington has it right when it comes to social stability and cohesion, and homeland security.

Asia and Africa were already China's, and now so is the EU. Congratulations, France, on your safe and well-controlled society. Congratulations EU on your new Chinese friend! \(^_^)/

中欧有情万岁！

You ain't got the EU until you got Germany.

by **mrswdk** on Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:10 am

waauw wrote:
mrswdk wrote:Yes. First it was China beating the US to securing free trade deals with European countries (Switzerland and Iceland), then it was the UK's Cameron and Osborne rushing over to China every five seconds begging for trade deals and relentlessly lobbying the EU to be nice to China. Now, France (having already thumbed its nose at America's wars) is admitting that Beijing and not Washington has it right when it comes to social stability and cohesion, and homeland security.

Asia and Africa were already China's, and now so is the EU. Congratulations, France, on your safe and well-controlled society. Congratulations EU on your new Chinese friend! \(^_^)/

中欧有情万岁！

You ain't got the EU until you got Germany.

It's only a matter of time:

Libya no-fly resolution reveals global split in UN
Germany ends spy pact with US and UK after Snowden
Germany expels CIA official in US spy row
Angela Merkel sets off for China to forge new economic ties

by **mrswdk** on Thu Jun 29, 2017 5:58 pm

France using state of emergency against peaceful protests, Amnesty says

French officials have used the state of emergency imposed after the Paris attacks of 2015 to curb peaceful demonstrations, a rights group says.

According to Amnesty's report, between November 2015 and 5 May 2017 there were 155 decrees issued under the emergency powers prohibiting public assemblies.

There were also 639 measures aimed at preventing individuals from taking part in public assemblies, the majority of them related to protests against proposed labour law reforms, it added.

"Emergency laws intended to protect the French people from the threat of terrorism are instead being used to restrict their rights to protest peacefully," Amnesty's researcher Marco Perolini said in a statement.

"Under the cover of the state of emergency, rights to protest have been stripped away with hundreds of activists, environmentalists, and labour rights campaigners unjustifiably banned from participating in protests."

The group also said that security forces used "unnecessary or excessive force" against peaceful protesters "who did not appear to threaten public order".

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The state of emergency allows searches without a warrant and people to be placed under house arrest.

It is set to expire on 15 July but President Emmanuel Macron has said he will ask parliament to extend it for the sixth time until November.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40105183

by **TA1LGUNN3R** on Thu Jun 29, 2017 6:26 pm

When's the guillotine making a reappearance?

-TG

by **Thorthoth** on Thu Jun 29, 2017 7:01 pm

Why is Mr. swdk condemning French martiality?
He/it constantly brags about China's institutionalized totalitarianism.
Not much improvement sine Tianamen in 1989. You can free Hong Kong, Taiwan and Tibet, for starters.
Until then, stop worrying about France finally getting it's head out of the clouds, even if only slightly.