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Thousands march to protest state of emergency in France<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Thousands of people marched in 70 French cities, including Paris, to demand immediate action to stop France’s ongoing state of emergency and openly voice outrage over government plans to revoke the French citizenship of dual nationals, many of them Muslims, convicted of terrorism.<\/div>\n
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Up to 20,000 protesters \u2013 many of them members of human rights groups, political parties and trade unions \u2013 took part in a peaceful protest in Paris on Saturday,\u00a0RTL<\/a>\u00a0reported the organizers as saying.<\/p>\n

According to police estimates, some 5,500 people gathered in the heart of the French capital, between Place de la R\u00e9publique and the Palais-Royal, holding banners that read: \u201cState of emergency, police state\u201d and “My France of liberties, where are you?”<\/p>\n

“I am here to protest against the state of emergency and against the deprivation of nationality for dual nationals. That’s important because we saw a lot of drifts during the state of emergency, some rallies were prohibited, some people were arrested just for protesting peacefully. That shocks me,”<\/em>\u00a0one activist told RT’s Ruptly video agency.<\/p>\n

“The state is allowing itself to take absolutely catastrophic decisions for the life and future of liberty of France,”<\/em>\u00a0Youssef Boussoumah, member of the Indigenes de la Republique party, said.<\/p>\n