The protest ban in Cannes is symptomatic of a spiraling trend. While the right to protest is constitutionally protected in France, the police are increasingly moving to ban public demonstrations—typically citing alleged “threats to public order.”
Zakaria Rami, a 49-year-old receptionist who’s worked 20 years at the Carlton, told The Daily Beast he’d come to highlight the sector’s difficult working conditions and demanding hours. “I work nights, I’m on my feet, we’re also asking to be better compensated for our difficult working conditions,” he said.
“It’s absolutely scandalous,” Jean-Baptiste Soufron, a lawyer and leading member of the Constitutional Freedom Defense Association told The Daily Beast. The organization he works with is modeled after the American Civil Liberties Union , and has failed to overturn the Cannes ban in court. “There are limits to the right to protest, but this measure is way too broad,” Soufron said.
The recent flurry of bans dates back to late March, after mass demonstrations broke out over the government deploying a constitutional maneuver that allowed it to approve pension reform without a vote in the National Assembly. But according to Slama, the foundations were laid earlier, starting with the state of emergency that followed the Paris terrorist attacks of November 2015.
For his part, lawyer Jean-Baptiste Soufron said he prefers the term “authoritarian method” to describe the government’s handling of dissent. “Some of the justifications for restricting or banning protests cited by prefects of late have too often resembled an experimentation lab, which suggests the French authorities have their priorities skewed when it comes to fulfilling their duty to facilitate the right to peaceful assembly,” Goa told The Daily Beast. “Under international human rights law, the prohibition of a specific assembly can be considered only as a last resort.
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