Violating France’s secularism: Teachers sound alarm after deadly stabbing
By France24
21 October 2023 |
2:26 pm
After last week's murder of French high school literature teacher Dominique Bernard by a radicalised former pupil, many teachers are concerned about the rise in violations of France's secular laws in schools. Amid fear, self-censorship and threats, for some teachers, simply doing their job has become of a source of anxiety. Our France 2 colleagues report, with FRANCE 24's James Mulholland.
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