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FRANCE: Minister, police union try to close French Copwatch site

01 October 2011

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FRANCE: Minister, police union try to close French Copwatch site (Rfi, link) and France court orders block on 'copwatch' website (Jurist, link).

Reminiscent of the attempt by the Met Police to close down Fitwatch: FITWATCH shut down: Met closes down anti-police blog - Police force suspension of website that offered advice to students involved in last week's rioting (Guardian, link).

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