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French interior ministry estimates 250,000 join student protests, organisers claim 450,000

Observers of the Human Rights League, a human rights NGO, use smart phones as they run through smoke duirng a demonstration of high-school students, in Paris on October 6, 2026.
Human Rights League observers use smart phones as they run through smoke during a student protest in Paris on October 6, 2026.tions. Since late September, pupils have barred the entrances to hundreds of schools, complaining of teacher absences, overloaded timetables, dilapidated classrooms and buildings ill-adapted to rising temperatures, among other grievances. © Kenzo Tribouillard, AFP

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