A young man who daubed reunification slogans in the town of Le Mans in Loire-Atlantique was held for several hours and verbally insulted by police it has been reported by news sources in Brittany.
A young man who daubed reunification slogans in the town of Le Mans in Sarthe (Pays de la Loire Region) was held for several hours and verbally insulted by police it has been reported by news sources in Brittany.
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In Le Mans a young Breton, dauber anti Pays de la Loire, in police custody
A young activist of the reunification, 16 years old, who had slopped Pays de Loire panels in Le Mans (Sarthe) on Tuesday, April 6th, was arrested in flagrante delicto and
in French; andAussi sur ABP…
Au Mans un jeune Breton, barbouilleur anti Pays de la Loire, en garde à vue
Un jeune militant de la réunification, de 16 ans, qui avait barbouillé des panneaux PDL au Mans le mardi 6 avril, a été arrêté en flagrant délit et relâché vers 22 h 30. Il déclare avoir été victime d'insultes verbales pendant les 3 heures de
in Breton.Aussi sur ABP…
E Le Mans ur Breton yaouank, bastrouilher a-enep d'ar Broioù al Liger, dindan evezh an archerien
Ur paotr yaouank a 16 vloaz, stourmer evit adunanidigezh Breizh, a zo bet harzet war an tomm o libistrañ panelloù Broioù al Liger er Mañs d'ar Meurzh 6 a viz Ebrel
The administrative separation of Loire-Atlantique from the rest of Brittany has long been a source of irritation to Breton nationalists. There have been a series of protests and demonstrations as a concerted campaign to address the “reunification” issue gathers pace.
Following this latest expression of protest the person involved was finally released but may face criminal proceedings. The issue has been passed to the public prosecutor in Nantes.
Non violent expressive protest of this type has long been a tactic used in several of the Celtic countries. Welsh language protesters used the technique (and occasionally still do) to effect several years ago.
More recently in Mannin (Isle of Man) there was a concerted campaign of sloganeering which highlighted the Isle of Mans colonial status.
Graffiti campaigns invariably attract disproportionate police counter-measures as happened in Mannin recently and evidenced again by this latest case in Sarthe.
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Isle of Man/Mannin: road signs daubed with nationalist slogans as UK/Manx relations sour
In an echo of earlier pro-independence nationalist campaigns graffiti has been daubed on roads in the west of the Isle of Man. Local media ascribe the latest outbreak of such sentiment
The individual involved in the Le Mans case was a juvenile (ie 16 years old) and it is questionable if police adhered to Council of Europe standards in relation to his brief detention – the Celtic League are to make further enquiries.
J B Moffatt (Mr) Director of Information Celtic League
12/04/10
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