Dispatches
Police violence, court decisions, legislative developments, mobilisations: Index reviews the news on rights and discrimination, and raises the alarm on matters of public interest.
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Death of Cheikh F. in Le Pontet: a man killed by a municipal police officer, one week after the vote on the Pauget bill
- Date
- 7 August 2026
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Death of Abderrahim Fakir in Bologna: first “criminal shield” case for law enforcement
- Date
- 31 July 2026
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Against the presumption of self-defence: the petition with over 730,000 signatures shelved
- Date
- 22 July 2026
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Presumption of legality for police shootings: the National Assembly adopts the Pauget bill
- Date
- 7 July 2026
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Presumption of legality for police shootings: what the Pauget bill would change
- Date
- 29 June 2026
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Algorithmic surveillance: what summer 2026 has in store with the RIPOST bill
- Date
- 25 June 2026
- Keyword
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Death of Nahel: the Court of Cassation overturns the ruling that had ruled out a murder charge
- Date
- 12 June 2026
- Case
- Nahel Merzouk
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PSG victory: a 13-year-old loses an eye, police methods called into question
- Date
- 5 June 2026
- Keyword
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The May 1967 massacre in Guadeloupe: when the security forces opened fire on the crowd
- Date
- 27 May 2026
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Murder of Olivio Gomes: the officer sentenced to 10 years released after two months in detention
- Date
- 20 May 2026
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RIO number: the Council of State orders effective identification of law enforcement officers
- Date
- 15 May 2026
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Angelina: the police officer suspected of fracturing her skull placed under formal investigation
- Date
- 28 April 2026
- Keyword
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“435-1 killed me”: SAVE takes the fight against police violence into public space
- Date
- 21 April 2026
- Keyword
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Death of Jean-Lucien Argelier in Guadeloupe: the gendarme responsible for the shooting placed under formal investigation
- Date
- 16 April 2026
- Keyword
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Murder of Olivio Gomes: former BAC officer sentenced to ten years in prison
- Date
- 27 March 2026
- Keyword
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Nanterre: a thousand people march for Nahel and against police impunity
- Date
- 22 March 2026
- Case
- Nahel Merzouk
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Death of Nahel: the Versailles Court of Appeal rules out the murder charge
- Date
- 5 March 2026
- Case
- Nahel Merzouk
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Death of Adama Traoré: the Court of Cassation upholds the dismissal of the case
- Date
- 11 February 2026
- Case
- Adama Traoré
- Keyword
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Minneapolis: Alex Pretti killed by immigration police
- Date
- 24 January 2026
- Case
- Renée Good
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Presumption of self-defence: the bill not put to a vote in the National Assembly
- Date
- 21 January 2026
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Death of Adam and Raihane: intellectuals, including Annie Ernaux, lambast the slow pace of justice
- Date
- 15 January 2026
- Case
- Adam B. & Rahiane S.
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Yellow Vest protester Manuel Coisne lost an eye: the courts will examine Didier Lallement’s responsibility
- Date
- 19 December 2025
- Keyword
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Killing of Nahel Merzouk: ruling on the appeal by the officer involved postponed to 5 March
- Date
- 4 December 2025
- Case
- Nahel Merzouk
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Michel Zecler: the Defender of Rights calls for disciplinary proceedings
- Date
- 7 November 2025
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Maiming of Gabriel Pontonnier: the CRS officer acquitted at first instance
- Date
- 17 October 2025
- Case
- Gabriel Pontonnier
- Keyword
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Steve Maia Caniço: police commissioner Chassaing on trial, with no mention of Index’s expert report
- Date
- 10 June 2024
- Case
- Steve Maia Caniço
- Keyword