PARIS (Reuters) - The heavy-handed policing of anti-government "yellow vest" demonstrations, during which thousands of protesters have been arrested and many wounded, reflects a steady erosion of civil liberties in France, the country's human rights watchdog said.
The independent watchdog called for policing methods to be modernised, citing changes in Germany and Britain, in a report released on the day the Senate is expected to approve a bill giving police greater powers to act against protesters.
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