Despite the state emergency in France many decided to join the Climate March and challenge the interdiction to demonstrate. Demotix/ Marie Boyard. All rights reserved. Not since the Algerian War more than a half-century ago has France imposed such sweeping emergency powers. In little more than two weeks since the Paris attacks, French police have carried out well over 1,000 raids nationwide, busting open doors, hauling away scores of suspects without warrants—and even using their new counterterror laws to clamp down on climate-change protesters. In the United Kingdom, where Parliament may vote this week on starting airstrikes against the armed extremist group Islamic State (also known as ISIS) in Syria, hate crimes against Muslims are on the rise.
In Belgium, where the Paris attacks were hatched, the country remains on alert, and the prime minster has proposed measures such as electronically tagging youths the authorities fear will travel to Syria, and telling imams what to preach.
In the United Kingdom, where Parliament may vote this week on starting airstrikes against the armed extremist group Islamic State (also known as ISIS) in Syria, hate crimes against Muslims are on the rise. In the United States, calls are mounting to ban data encryption and bar Syrian refugees. Canada’s new Liberal government will let in some Syrians, but only if they aren’t fighting-age heterosexual males.
