Human Rights Watch: France - Discriminatory Police Fines Trap Youth in Debt
June 17, 2026
June 17, 2026
NEW YORK, June 18 [Category: International] (TNSrpt) -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news:
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France: Discriminatory Police Fines Trap Youth in Debt
* French police issue on-the-spot fines for alleged public disturbance offenses to harass boys and young men perceived as Black, Arab, or North African and evict them from public space in their own neighborhoods.
* Children and young men have received fines that can grow to tens of th . . .
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France: Discriminatory Police Fines Trap Youth in Debt
* French police issue on-the-spot fines for alleged public disturbance offenses to harass boys and young men perceived as Black, Arab, or North African and evict them from public space in their own neighborhoods.
* Children and young men have received fines that can grow to tens of th . . .