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Rights Court Faults France For Kettling At 2010 Demo

Police and demonstrators clashed in Lyon during the 2010 pension reform protests (Credit: AFP)

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday found France guilty of unlawfully employing a controversial police tactic to encircle protesters during a 2010 demonstration.

The method, known as "kettling", consists of police cordoning off areas to contain groups of protesters in a small space -- sometimes for hours -- until in the police's view, they can no longer cause trouble.

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