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French bookstores targeted by ideological violence

October 08, 2025 Ti AI ṣe iroyin

A collective of book professionals denounces in a Le Monde tribune the rising attacks on bookstores, from cyberharassment to physical damage. These assaults, driven by books sold or debated, aim to impose censorship through fear. The authors stress the need to preserve the plurality of ideas in these spaces of knowledge.