The Baku Initiative Group (BIG) has condemned the beating of a young Kanaky person by French police in Paris and the imposition of a night curfew on minors in Guadeloupe.

Axar.az reports that, in a post on X, the BIG accused the French government of restricting fundamental rights and using fear and restrictions instead of dialogue.

"The French government is openly targeting fundamental rights as it loses control both in the capital and its overseas colonies. The brutal police beating of a young Kanaky in the heart of Paris and the sudden imposition of a night curfew on minors in Guadeloupe are stark proof of this reality.

These extreme actions taken under the pretext of maintaining public safety in their necessity, duration, and scope are completely incompatible with the fundamental right to peaceful assembly.

Instead of establishing dialogue, France aims to silence its people through restrictions and fear. Paris is suffocating freedom, while the world watches the absolute failure of its self-proclaimed democratic values," the post read.