The Estelle Violoncelle Association and the New World Orchestra performed ‘The Hanging Tree’ during what organisers described as an authorised concert, even as tear gas grenades were fired nearby.
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Police responses to demonstrations, including the use of tear gas to disperse crowds, have also come under scrutiny. According to The Guardian, interior minister Laurent Nuñez told the Senate that police had opened internal investigations into 36 allegations of violence by officers against demonstrators. The complaints include claims that four children were “mutilated” by explosive weapons, six people sustained “significant injuries”, and other incidents involved physical assaults, insults and alleged sexual assault.



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