High school student mobilization in Lyon: the prefect issues banning orders after clashes
Processions prohibited around around twenty establishments, distance learning courses and a ban on fireworks mortars this Monday in Lyon.
Quick Look
- Most Lyon students returned to classes this Monday under close surveillance.
- After violence last week, the prefect of Rhône banned gatherings around twenty high schools and the use of fireworks mortars.
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Why It Matters
Tensions and clashes marked the Rhône high schools the previous week, leading to numerous arrests.
Most Lyon students are in class this Monday morning. After a week marked by strong disturbances in high schools in the Rhône, the prefect, Étienne Guyot, issued several orders to contain them. And for good reason, “many messages call for continuing the high school mobilization” this Monday, he specifies.
“Protest processions and protest gatherings” are thus prohibited within a radius of 100 meters around around twenty establishments including the Herriot high school, around which clashes took place last Friday, or the La Martinière-Diderot high school on the slopes of Croix-Rousse. Only employees of these establishments are admitted, with classes being carried out remotely this Monday.
The prefect also banned the purchase, sale, possession, and transport of different types of firecrackers, candles and other fireworks, some of which were used against the police during riots last week. “Systematically, there will be the intervention of the police to put an end to this violence and these disturbances to public order,” add the state services.
138 arrests last week
“Like other days, the police are mobilizing to disperse the crowds and allow students to access their establishment,” state services indicate. “Isolated acts” were nevertheless recorded by the prefecture this Monday in 17 establishments in the department. Mobilizations are underway in front of the Lyon 2 University campus in Bron and the Lyon Institute of Political Studies. By 10 a.m., the police had already arrested four people.
Between Monday morning and last Friday evening, 138 people were arrested, indicates the Lyon prosecutor's office. These are mainly minors for acts of willful violence against persons holding public authority and damage. Sixteen of these procedures resulted in no further action being taken.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Continuous intervention by law enforcement in the event of new gatherings.
Very likely · Within days
Open Questions
- What are the specific demands of high school students?
- How many establishments will remain remote in the following days?
