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Paris, Dec 5 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Benjamin Legier) Protests against France's controversial global security law continued on Saturday in Paris. The global security legislation passed by the French Parliament aims to ban the distribution of photos in which police officers and gendarmes can be identified in a way which is harmful to their image.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN PARIS.
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