France’s ‘yellow vests’ mark six months of protests with numbers dwindling 0 SHARES Share it! The count from the interior ministry — routinely dismissed by yellow jackets — put the numbers across France at 15,500, of whom 1,600 marched in Paris. A number of yellow vest activists are on lists for the next week’s European elections. In Bordeaux, a few hundred yellow vests joined environmental activists in a march against the agrochemical giant Monsanto, days after revelations that the group kept files on French politicians, journalists and activists. For months, yellow vest activists have accused the police of heavy-handed repression of their right to assemble and protest, in particular the use of rubber bullet launchers and stun grenades that have seriously injured dozens of people.

Source: Manila Bulletin May 18, 2019 19:18 UTC