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French state ordered to pay man over discriminatory police ID check

Police identity checks in France under scrutiny after court ruling. AFP - ALAIN JOCARD

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found France guilty of discrimination over a police identity check in 2011, ruling in favour of a French citizen of North African origin who was stopped three times in 10 days without clear justification.

In its judgment published on Thursday, the court said there was a “presumption of discriminatory treatment” against Karim Touil and that “the government failed to rebut it”.

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