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The international human rights NGO Amnesty International on Tuesday declared a \u201crule-of-law alert\u201d in France over \u201cauthoritarian practices\u201d amid mass protests marked by violence and allegations of police brutality, AFP reports. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

\u201cAs in other democratic countries, authoritarian practices have emerged in our country in recent years,\u201d Amnesty International France\u2014the organisation\u2019s French branch\u2014stated in a press release recalling the turning point marked by the declaration of a state of emergency in 2015, following the November 13 attacks in Paris and its suburbs.<\/p>\n\n

Amnesty identifies seven signs of a shift towards authoritarian practices observed in several countries, and now in France as well: inventing an enemy, weaponising technology, ruling through fear, attacking the press, exploiting injustices and eliminating opponents of those in power.<\/p>\n\n

As for dissent, the organization criticizes the \u201cadministrative dissolution, whether carried out or announced,\u201d of associations and movements such as Urgence Palestine (Palestine Emergency) and the environmental movement Soul\u00e8vements de la Terre (Earth Uprisings), as well as bans on certain demonstrations.<\/p>\n\n

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