RICHTVXNEWS
French Senate backs 'make rioters pay' bill despite rights concerns
FRANCE 24 · PARIS — France's Senate on Wednesday approved a bill authorising rioters to be held financially accountable for damage caused during social unrest, with penalties of up to €10,000 and possible welfare benefit seizures. Rights groups warn the legislation could undermine the public's fundamental right to protest.
- CODE
- RT-AD248E
- PUBLISHER
- France 24
- TOPIC
- World
- PUBLISHED
- 28 October 2026 · 00:10 UTC
- FIRST SEEN
- 28 October 2026 · 12:19 UTC
- ORIGINAL
- https://www.france24.com/en/france/20261028-french-senate-backs-bill-to-make-protesters-pay-for-unrest-damage-despite-rights-concern
- SHA-256
- 5907ebec270f716909961cbba06792499a01dcaefaa1bdfef7e37d5944579d37
The fingerprint is the SHA-256 of the original link, the headline and the publication time joined by “|”. Anyone can recompute it to confirm the headline and link were not changed here.
Headline and short excerpt from France 24, taken from its public news feed. The full story and its photos belong to France 24 — read it at the original. RICHTVX NEWS is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with France 24. Corrections: legal@richtvx.news.