00:00French authorities have arrested nearly 8,000 people, 85% of them minors, since high school student protests erupted nationwide
00:09in mid-September.
00:10Figures released by the French Ministry of Justice confirm that over 2,700 individuals face criminal proceedings as youth-led
00:19mobilizations against overcrowded classrooms,
00:22severe teacher shortages and crumbling educational infrastructure enter their second month.
00:28The crackdown has yielded double the detentions recorded during the peak of the 2018 Yellow Vest demonstrations.
00:36Despite warnings from the United Nations to safeguard the right to peaceful assembly,
00:41law enforcement units continue deploying tear gas and sun grenades against high school demonstrators across major French cities.
