The Paris police headquarters on Thursday banned a demonstration against racism and Islamophobia planned for Sunday. The march was banned for safety reasons.
The organizing collective filed an appeal for interim relief. The national observatory of police practices and violence and the NPA are among the organizers of this march, which was to take place between Barbès and République, followed by a concert. The decree notes that this march, also wishing to focus attention on the children of Gaza, is likely, given the current tensions in the Middle East, to carry anti-Semitic slogans within it. The prefecture also evokes a context of police mobilization on other demonstrations and sporting events, such as a flea market on Place de la Ré Publique all day or for the PSG-Olympique Lyonnais football match that evening. The protest was called a "violent provocation in the eyes of the French state and is prohibited from doing so," the organizing collective said in a press release.