French Arab youth targeted with police fines face life-ruining debt: Report

LONDON: Police in France are exploiting broad powers to issue spot fines against Arab youth as a new form of racial profiling, a new report has warned. Published on Wednesday by Human Rights Watch, (RE)CLAIM and Maison Communautaire pour un Developpement Solidaire, the 60-page report documents a consistent theme of boys and young men from poor households receiving discriminatory fines for alleged offenses such as noise nuisance, littering and illegal discharge of sanitary liquids.

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