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France: Ban on "Islamic pamphlets"

01 January 1995

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In the department "Haute de Seine" (the department where Charles Pasqua, Minister of the Interior is also chairman of the Council) the police have been detaining people for distributing "Islamic pamphlets". The written instruction given to the police - which contravenes the penal code - gives no indication of what constitutes an "islamic pamphlet".

They are instructed to take people caught giving out these pamphlets to the police station to check on their identity - this is only meant to be allowed when a person refuses to have their identity checked. They are also to be routinely photographed although this is only meant to be carried out with special permission of the "procureur".

Le Monde, 1.12.94.

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