Paris against racism and police violence and in memory of Lamine Dieng, a 25-year-old Franco-Senegalese who died in a police van after being arrested in 2007.The protesters will march from his former home, and will be joined Saturday by a separate demonstration in support of undocumented workers.
Last week, it emerged that the French government agreed to pay 145,000 euros ($162,000) to Dieng’s relatives, after 13 years of legal wrangling.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Both protests have been authorized by French authorities, who have been exercising caution over protests in recent weeks as the country emerges from coronavirus restrictions.Other protests on Saturday in the French capital have,.