France gags freedom of information
By extending the statute of limitations for insulting and defaming elected representatives, the freedom to inform is threatened. Journalists’ unions denounce this unspeakable infringement of press law.
Justice
A journey through the maze of laws and standards
Farmers in particular are protesting against the inflation of standards affecting their sector. They are not the only ones who are fed up with the overflow of laws and decrees that overwhelm us.
Cybercrime: Vosgian Sébastien Raoult sentenced in the United States
On Tuesday January 9, 24, a Seattle court sentenced Sébastien Raoult from the Vosges region of France to three years’ imprisonment and the repayment of five million dollars for corporate hacking.
Julian Assange’s call for help
“I am dying. Slowly, but surely,” writes the Australian journalist and Wikileaks founder from his high-security prison in Belmarsh, UK.
The Minister of Justice before his CJR judges
Éric Dupond-Moretti, Minister of Justice, appears this Monday, November 6, before the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR), for “illegal taking of interests”. A first under the 5ᵉ République.
Knife attack at Arras high school
A teacher was killed and two other people seriously injured on the grounds of the Lycée Gambetta on Friday October 13, 2023. The assailant, of Chechen origin, was arrested.
Digital : Europe takes control of the news
A new European regulation on digital services (DSA) aims to regulate the content of platforms. It has been in force for the largest platforms since August 25, 2023. Should we be pleased or worried ?
Riots : What’s next?
The urban violence shaking the country reveals the weakness of the executive. It has brutally subdued the Gilets jaunes and opponents of retirement at 62, but it is tetanized by the savage hordes destroying town halls, setting fire to vehicles and looting stores.
Urban violence : The price of angelism!
Viewpoint. The town of Yutz (17,000 inhabitants) in Moselle, France, was not spared by the rioters: McDonald’s burned down, the car garage ransacked, cars and garbage cans burned! How did it come to this, asks Bernard Aubin?
France in a spiral of violence
40,000 gendarmes and police officers, the RAID, the BRI and the GIGN were unable to prevent rioters from ransacking numerous French towns for the third night running. The executive has reached an impasse.
Nanterre : scenes of rioting after Nahel’s death
Third day of violence after the death of a 17-year-old boy, killed by a police shot after refusing to obey.
The global corruption scandal known as 1MDB : what is the justice system doing?
José-Louis Calama, the Madrid court’s investigating magistrate, is still awaiting replies from the judicial authorities in three European countries: France, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.