Seon Ferguson
2010-01-05 02:41:51 UTC
Iran deplores French crackdown on protesters
Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:16:39 GMT
Iran's Foreign Ministry has lashed out at France over
resorting to violence in dealing with protesters in the
country, describing it as violation of human rights.
http://www.presstv.ir/photo/20100104/barghi20100104105555453.j
pg
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast
deplored the Sarkozy government's arrest of nearly 400
people across France on New Year's Eve.
Mehman-Parast called on Paris to identify the source of
unrest in the country. "Instead of attacking people, the
French government should identify the origins of the recent
unrest."
"By torching more than 1137 cars in different cities, the
French people clearly want to show their dissatisfaction
with economic inequality and social dysfunction in their
country."
French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said in a statement
that 405 arrests were made across the country, a figure that
has doubled compared to last year.
The French Interior Ministry had reportedly mobilized around
45,000 police officers during the night to confront
discontent youth from immigrant-heavy suburbs.
Car burnings occasionally take place in France, but the
number traditionally soars on New Year's Eve.
This year, more than 70 cars had been reportedly set aflame
only in the eastern city of Strasbourg. Meanwhile, police in
the Hauts-de-Seine district near Paris reported 32 cases of
arson.
Riots and car-burnings that echo the events of 1789 are of
regular occurrence during the past few years.
Unhappy youths living primarily in France's run-down ghettos
use special days in the country to vent their anger at the
discriminating policies against ethnic minorities and the
high unemployment rate.
Even the enactment of a law that sets possible prison
sentences of up to three years and maximum fines of $63,000
for people convicted of arson while demonstrating has failed
to deter the protests.
Such violent protests flared-up in France for the first time
in October and November 2005, when angry youths burned some
9,000 vehicles, following the deaths of two teenagers, who
were chased by the police in a Paris suburb.
On a different note, Mehman-Parast said the death of more
than 353 French transients in the year 2009 has become "the
undoing of a European country that boasts of equality and
democracy."
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http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=115302§ionid=
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LMAO Iran is a bunch of hypocrites! They shoot protestors and send them toMon, 04 Jan 2010 09:16:39 GMT
Iran's Foreign Ministry has lashed out at France over
resorting to violence in dealing with protesters in the
country, describing it as violation of human rights.
http://www.presstv.ir/photo/20100104/barghi20100104105555453.j
pg
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast
deplored the Sarkozy government's arrest of nearly 400
people across France on New Year's Eve.
Mehman-Parast called on Paris to identify the source of
unrest in the country. "Instead of attacking people, the
French government should identify the origins of the recent
unrest."
"By torching more than 1137 cars in different cities, the
French people clearly want to show their dissatisfaction
with economic inequality and social dysfunction in their
country."
French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said in a statement
that 405 arrests were made across the country, a figure that
has doubled compared to last year.
The French Interior Ministry had reportedly mobilized around
45,000 police officers during the night to confront
discontent youth from immigrant-heavy suburbs.
Car burnings occasionally take place in France, but the
number traditionally soars on New Year's Eve.
This year, more than 70 cars had been reportedly set aflame
only in the eastern city of Strasbourg. Meanwhile, police in
the Hauts-de-Seine district near Paris reported 32 cases of
arson.
Riots and car-burnings that echo the events of 1789 are of
regular occurrence during the past few years.
Unhappy youths living primarily in France's run-down ghettos
use special days in the country to vent their anger at the
discriminating policies against ethnic minorities and the
high unemployment rate.
Even the enactment of a law that sets possible prison
sentences of up to three years and maximum fines of $63,000
for people convicted of arson while demonstrating has failed
to deter the protests.
Such violent protests flared-up in France for the first time
in October and November 2005, when angry youths burned some
9,000 vehicles, following the deaths of two teenagers, who
were chased by the police in a Paris suburb.
On a different note, Mehman-Parast said the death of more
than 353 French transients in the year 2009 has become "the
undoing of a European country that boasts of equality and
democracy."
SBB/JG/DT
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=115302§ionid=
351020101
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jail. OMG My name don't you see the hypocrisy of Iran? I mean come on!