Charges brought against Macron before International Criminal Court – German media silent

An original translation by MissPiggy with much thanks!

From Watergate TV:

Francis Lalanne, one of the leading figures in the yellow vests in France, announced in late February 2019 in the French newspaper “Libération” (his intention) to prosecute French President Emmanuel Macron and Interior Minister Christophe Castaner before the International Criminal Court. In a petition initiated by him, Lalanne was able to collect the required 250,000 votes to file a lawsuit. Lalanne accuses Macron and Castaner of crimes against humanity and invokes Article 35 of Human Rights.

A few days ago, the French media reported that the lawsuit was now filed with the required signatures at the International Criminal Court on 11 June 2019.

The petition begins with an explanation of what the Tribunal declared as law and which came into force on 1 July 2002, along with the definition of a crime against humanity: “A crime against humanity is one of the following acts, if it is part of a far-reaching or systematic attack on civilians … “Here Lalanne listed below the” acts “of the police against the protesters.

The use of force by the French police against the Yellow-vests, some of which have certainly not distinguished themselves by pacifism, is disproportionate and reprehensible, according to Lalanne. Lalanne, is a singer, artist and a “yellow vest”, who launched the petition on change.org about three months ago. On his trip to The Hague, Lalanne was accompanied by two lawyers who are accredited lawyers for the International Criminal Court.

The complaint goes against Macron and Castaner, because these are the chief commanders of the police, according to Lalanne. During the demonstrations, the police used weapons against the demonstrators defined as “weapons of war”: hand grenades and hard rubber bullets. Before the International Criminal Court, the French president and his minister could not appeal to their immunity, said a lawyer Lalannes. They have immunity in France but not in the ICC.


I do not know exactly what this clip is. Is it real? or someone making a movie about what French police do to French law abiding citizens. Too close to tell. But the lights look a little stage-is and I do not recognize the flags. Waiting on an explanation:

 

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  1. It’s Georgia, Caucasus. The flags and the writing (in the top left corner) are Georgian.

    • Large protest at Georgia’s parliament for 3rd straight day

      TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators crowded outside Georgia’s parliament Saturday night for the third straight day of protests that have kindled tensions in the country and prompted Russia to block air connections with its neighbor.

      The throng was mostly orderly but insistent in its array of demands, including the resignation of the interior minister over harsh tactics by police in breaking up a rally Thursday in which at least 240 people were injured. The speaker of parliament resigned Friday.

      The protests were ignited by the appearance of an official Russian delegation in the Georgian parliament building as part of an assembly of legislators from Orthodox Christian countries.

      Animosity toward Russia is strong in the wake of the 2008 war in which Georgia lost control of two Russia-backed separatist territories. Russia now considers those territories independent, but has established a military presence there and Georgians refer to them as Russian-occupied. The protesters consider Georgia’s current government to be overly cooperative with Russia.

      The protests also tap into other frustrations. Demonstrators are demanding early parliamentary elections and a change in the system so legislators are chosen fully proportionally rather than the current mix of party-list and single-mandate representatives.

      “I am here to protest the Russian occupation that we still remember, that still hurts after 11 years and still is an ongoing issue,” said demonstrator Tina Bezhanidze.

      Moscow’s reaction to the anti-Russia sentiment was quick. President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered the country’s airlines to stop taking Russian citizens to Georgia as of July 8 and the transportation ministry on Saturday said Georgian airlines would banned from Russia on the same date. The bans affect six Russian airlines and two from Georgia.

      Georgia is a popular destination for Russian visitors, who are attracted by the dramatic mountains and the renowned wine culture, and the flight ban would be a near-term blow to the country’s tourism sector, though experts suggested it could recover.

      The moves echo bans that Russia imposed in 2006 on flights and imports of Georgian wine and mineral water as tensions rose between the countries. Those bans were later lifted.

      The 2006 Russian bans “at first had a negative effect, but new markets and new contracts were found. I think the same will happen in the tourism sphere,” Kakha Gogolashvili of the Georgian tour agency Globus said Saturday.

      The Russian association of tour operators says 5,000-7,000 Russians currently are visiting Georgia on organized tours, and twice that many likely are there traveling independently, according to Russian state news agency RIA-Novosti.

      Organizers of what was to be Tbilisi’s first LGBT pride parade announced they were cancelling the Sunday event to avoid further escalating the political tensions. Fears had been strong that the parade would bring a violent backlash from ultra-conservative activists.

      https://www.apnews.com/75fd0235871f41aaa70065f50efaac50

    • Georgia: Thousands join third day of protest outside parliament

      Thousands of people gathered outside of the Georgian Parliament building in Tbilisi on Saturday as anti-government protests entered their third day.

      Demonstrators called for the resignation of Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs Giorgi Gakharia and for the release all who were detained during the last two days of protest action.

      At least 240 people, including 80 police officers, were injured as protesters clashed with the law enforcement outside the parliament building on Thursday evening and in the early hours of Friday. The violent clashes led Chairman of the Georgian Parliament Irakli Kobakhidze to resign.

      The protests began after Russian MP Sergei Gavrilov addressed the audience from the seat of the Georgian parliamentary speaker during the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy on Thursday. A number of Georgian opposition politicians left the session in protest.

      On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree, suspending flights to Georgia by Russian airlines starting from July 8.