Tag: #nationwide

Emerging Markets

UN Experts Condemn French Police Crackdown on Nationwide Student and Cost-of-Living Protests

Thursday, October 29, 2026 | 00:03

United Nations human rights experts have voiced deep alarm over what they described as the "excessive use of force" by French law enforcement agencies in dispersing a wave of nationwide student and labor demonstrations. The condemnation comes as France grapples with weeks of social unrest driven by deteriorating educational infrastructure, a mounting cost-of-living crisis, and […]