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Thousands of demonstrators filled the streets in central Paris during a protest to demand legislation and funds to fight violence against women. Calling for two billion euros per year, demonstrators carried placards reading "0.6% of rapists convicted" or "0.1% of GDP, it's too much to ask?". IMAGES
French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti attends the launch of a new 'anti-proximity' bracelet. This device, which resembles an electronic bracelet and is attached to the ankle, allows violent spouses or ex-spouses to be geo-located and triggers an alert system when they approach their victim. IMAGES
French government ministers arrive at Matignon for Prime Minister Edouard Philippe's presentation of some fifty concrete measures at the end of a consultation period launched in September to find solutions to combat domestic violence and femicide. IMAGES
People arrive at the Savigny-sur-Orge mosque, during the funeral of Shemseddine, a 15-year-old French teenager beaten to death after school in Viry-Chatillon, south of Paris. Mats and sheets are held up as the hearse arrives in strict privacy at the request of the family. IMAGES
Flowers and candles are laid outside the secondary school in Viry-Chatillon, south of Paris. where 15-year-old French schoolboy Shemseddine was beaten up to death on Friday over a dispute involving the sister of two of his attackers. Four young people have been charged with murder over the killing that has heightened concern about violence in French schools. IMAGES
Images from the "Les Sablons" school where a 15-year-old teenager was beaten up by several people on Thursday afternoon as he left his secondary school in Viry-Chatillon, south of Paris, and has since been hospitalised with a life-threatening condition. IMAGES
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