If they hide their faces the sentence can be increased to three years jail, and a 45,000 euro fine France's Socialist government provoked outrage today by becoming the first in the world to ban protests against Israeli action in Palestine. In what is viewed as an outrageous attack on democracy, Socialist Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said mass demonstrations planned for the weekend should be halted. Mr Cazeneuve said there was a ‘threat to public order’, while opponents said he was ‘criminalising’ popular support of the Palestinian people. Scroll down for video Pro-Palestinian demonstrators take to the streets of Paris on Sunday. France's socialist government has sparked uproar after it banned protests against Israeli action in Palestine
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Move follows violence at protests in Paris last weekend
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Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said there was a 'threat to public order'
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Thousands across France were set to march again this weekend
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Anyone who breaks the ban faces a year in prison and a 15,000 euro fine.
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If they hide their faces the sentence can be increased to three years jail, and a 45,000 euro fine
Referring to the main @placeholder march, Mr Cazeneuve said: ‘I consider that the conditions are not right to guarantee security.’