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Paris calls UN remarks on racial profiling in France 'excessive'

French police patrol as youths gather on Concorde square during a protest in Paris, France, Friday, June 30, 2023. © AP Photo/Lewis Joly

France on Saturday disputed "excessive" and "unfounded" remarks by a UN committee that raised racial profiling and excessive use of force by law enforcement during recent widespread rioting in the country.

"Any ethnic profiling by law enforcement is banned in France," the foreign ministry noted, adding that "the struggle against excesses in racial profiling has intensified".

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