France: Lawmakers must reject regressive “Rioters Pay” bill

France’s proposed bill to make demonstrators pay for damage caused to property by acts of violence in street protests, even if they did not directly cause it themselves, will have a chilling effect on freedom of peaceful assembly and must be rejected by lawmakers, Amnesty International said ahead of a two-day debate in the Senate. […] The post France: Lawmakers must reject regressive “Rioters Pay” bill appeared first on Amnesty International.