Anti-Muslim protests continue in Corsica despite ban on gatherings

 Hundreds of people took to the streets on the French island of Corsica on Sunday, in violation of the ban on demonstrations imposed in the regional capital of Ajaccio after two days of anti-Muslim protests.


The protesters attempted to make their way to the Jardins de l'Empereur neighborhood, which was the epicenter of the protests on Friday and Saturday, and of the Christmas Eve clash in which two firefighters and a police officer were injured.

However, the riot police erected a fence at the entrance to the low-income neighborhood, where the majority of residents are immigrants, and prevented the crowd from getting inside.

The demonstrators carried the Corsican flag and shouted slogans, heard in the city during the previous days of protest: "This is our home" and "Arabs get out."

The rally in Ajaccio on Sunday attracted around 300 people, according to AFP...
  rt.com
27/12/15