The spokesperson for the Right to Housing association, Jean-Baptiste Eyraud, arrested during a demonstration in Paris – franceinfo

According to the association, Jean-Baptiste Eyraud was placed in police custody on Tuesday following a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Housing in Paris. Article written by Published on 04/12/2022 22:42 Updated on 04/12/2022 22:45 Reading time: 1 min. The spokesperson for the Right to Housing (DAL) association, Jean-Baptiste Eyraud, was arrested on Tuesday April 12 in Paris for “rebellion”, according to the police headquarters, during a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Housing. He was placed in police custody, specifies the association in a press release, in which it protests against this arrest which it describes as “muscled”. Muscular questioning of Jean-Baptiste Eyraud, spokesperson for the DAL and violent repression against the “Forgotten DALO” families ‼️https://t.co/hAJRaBay6F pic.twitter.com/nGjRnXjguG — Right to Housing (@federationdal) April 12 , 2022 According to the DAL, while the demonstrators joined “the roadway as planned in the declaration of demonstration filed in the Prefecture, the police intervened brutally”. “They violently tackled Jean-Baptiste Eyraud to the ground”, before he was taken to the police station where he was “served in police custody for ‘rebellion'”. The DAL denounced a “violent arrest during a peaceful demonstration of women, men and children” and demanded “the immediate release” of Jean-Baptiste Eyraud as well as “the cessation of all prosecutions against him. against”. And the association is not the only one to express its indignation. This is particularly the case of the former Minister of Housing, Cécile Duflot, who was quick to show her support for the activist. “Jean-Baptiste is an institution, she writes on Twitter. A man committed and respected by all. By all housing ministers in particular. I am really outraged to see this.” Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share by email Share link