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France mulls ban on police images, alarming rights defenders

by Sylvie Corbet
| November 17, 2020 1:06 AM

PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers start debating a security bill Tuesday that would ban the publication of images of police officers with intent to cause them harm, a measure that has provoked outrage from journalist organizations and rights campaigners.

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