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Lives destroyed as French state orders flood of house arrests before Olympics

As the Paris Olympic Games get closer – the opening ceremony is on July 26th - France's Ministry of the Interior has been stepping up at an unprecedented rate the number of administrative control and surveillance measures on those they see as potential security threats. People's jobs and even their homes are under threat as house arrest orders are placed on individuals who have never been in trouble with the law before – or not for many years. Jérôme Hourdeaux reports.

Jérôme Hourdeaux

19 July 2024 à 14h05

“They're destroying my life. I'm going to lose everything,” says a distraught 'Mahmoud' – not his real name – after his world was turned upside down on July 8th when French police knocked on his door to announce that he was being placed under house arrest for three months.

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