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Europe Rights Court Condemns France Over Police Racial Profiling

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have said racial profiling was widespread in France (Credit: AFP)

Europe's top rights court on Thursday condemned France over "discriminatory treatment" against a Frenchman who accused his country's police of racial profiling.

The ruling comes after rights groups accused France of widespread racial profiling, and several prominent police brutality cases involving young men perceived as black or North African.

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