Tear gas in Paris and Marseille as school protests grow across France

Legenda da figura, Assista: Polícia de repressão entra em confronto com manifestantes escolares na França e usa gás lacrimogêneo.

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Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across France, as a wave of protests by high-school pupils spread to their parents, university students and unions.

Crowds of teenagers marched from the Place de la République in Paris, calling for more resources for schools, and what they called less repression from police.

A polícia entrou em confronto com os manifestantes em Lyon, usou gás lacrimogêneo em Paris e Marselha e canhão de água em Rennes, mas houve pouca ocorrência de problemas graves que mancharam protestos anteriores.

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu condemned the earlier violence and said since the protests had begun 215 students and 85 staff had been hurt as well as 715 police officers.

O governo disse que houve interrupção em 891 escolas secundárias na terça-feira — quase um quarto de todos os liceus — e afirmou que mais de 250. 000 manifestantes saíram às ruas durante o dia.

Students' unions put the number at 450,000, and said the number of high schools blockaded was 1,800 on what the protesters dubbed "Act Three" of their movement.

Em Marselha, milhares de manifestantes percorreram a cidade, parando momentaneamente para cantar antes de seguir em frente enquanto a polícia mudava de direção.

A group of masked protesters grabbed bollards and bins and tried to barricade themselves off from police. Riot officers fired tear gas, and the protesters dispersed.

A maioria de nós não é violenta," disse Alissa, uma estudante em Marselha. "Estamos indo para as ruas porque fecharam nossas escolas... as escolas estão desmoronando.

Her friend, Sacha, said the ceilings in Marseille's schools were leaking and conditions were generally rather poor, "so we can't really work a lot of time". "We will keep doing this until good measures are taken," he added.

Image source, ReutersIn parliament, the prime minister accused the radical-left France Unbowed (LFI) party of seeking to "sow chaos" ahead of presidential elections in seven months' time.

O presidente Emmanuel Macron está se aproximando do fim de seu segundo e último mandato no cargo, e o líder da LFI, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, está atualmente em segundo lugar nas pesquisas de opinião, atrás de Marine Le Pen do National Rally de direita dura.

Macron was due to chair a meeting with ministers at the Élysée Palace on Tuesday evening to assess the situation.

Figure caption, Watch: Marseille school students explain why they're protesting.

Education Minister Édouard Geffray said that from the start he had appealed for dialogue rather than school blockades and complained that "ultra-violent elements infiltrated the high-school student movements.

He is now under pressure to respond to the students' demands. What has been offered, including a website for students to express their grievances and an afternoon of internal discussion in schools on Friday, has made little impression so far.

There seems little chance of the protests coming to an end just yet. France's biggest union, the CGT, has said that further protests involving school and university students are being planned for Thursday.

Fonte da imagem, AFP via Getty Images Legenda da imagem, As protestos começaram no meio de setembro, mas se espalharam para escolas secundárias em toda a França.

There is widespread concern over allegations of "disproportionate force" by police, and France's IGPN police inspectorate has been investigating a number of cases.

One police officer who fired a tear-gas grenade at a high school student at Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, north-west of Paris, last week has now been charged by prosecutors with "violence.

resultando em mutilação ou incapacidade permanente.

Eden, 14, was part of a group blockading the Château d'Épluches lycée for 15-18-year-olds when he was hit in the face. His lawyer said he suffered a fractured jaw, and that his upper teeth were broken and four of his lower teeth were gone.

Na segunda-feira, a mão de um adolescente de 15 anos foi arrancada depois que uma suposta granada anti-encirclement foi disparada em circunstâncias não esclarecidas perto de uma escola na cidade do norte de Lens.

Authorities say he picked up the "sting ball" grenade which then exploded, but students allege he was hit directly after an officer fired.

The grenade is considered a non-lethal weapon and the local prefect has said the incident took place when police were confronted by a group of 200-250 students throwing stones and fireworks.

What began with local anger at overcrowded classrooms, a lack of teaching staff and dilapidated school buildings in the northern Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis in mid-September has since spread across the country, and extended to some universities too.

Late on Tuesday, the French interior ministry said a total of 6,547 had been stopped or arrested by police since 28 September.

As protestas de terça-feira atrairam pessoas de todas as idades. Um casal na casa dos 70 anos, Alain e Michèle, juntou-se à marcha no centro de Paris para mostrar seu apoio aos jovens estudantes, explicando que, como ex‑professores, compreendiam os problemas que o sistema educacional da França enfrentava.

We are the grandparents of three students who are all mobilised. They have protested peacefully in front of their respective high schools in Paris in recent days, but they were still tear-gassed," Alain told the BBC, his voice trembling.

Cobertura adicional por Manon Prat em Paris.