France: Protesters condemn law to fight ISIL infiltration

The continued implementation of the state of emergency laws by France has been condemned by thousands of protesters who gathered in Paris describing it as a government “coup”.
Varied demonstrators in the French capital such as anarchists and undocumented migrant workers among others all shared concerns that the emergency measures unnecessarily empower security forces.

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Recall in November 13 last year, President Francois Hollande declared a state of emergency following the killing of 130 people by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL – also known as ISIS) group in attacks in Paris.
The Left Party’s Eric Coquerel who is leading a line of activists at the front of the protests condemned the state of emergency for having “no effect on terrorism” and posing a threat to civil liberties.
“The state of emergency cannot become permanent because it effectively means citizens giving up their rights,” Coquerel told Al Jazeera, adding that government plans to strip nationality from dual-national terrorism suspects created a tiered citizenship system.

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