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Vaucluse has imposed youth curfews and gathering bans in Avignon and Cavaillon, with penalties for undeclared protests.
Authorities in Vaucluse have introduced restrictions in Avignon and Cavaillon. In Avignon, a curfew for minors applies on weekend evenings from 18:00 to 06:00. In Cavaillon, unaccompanied minors are barred from circulating without an adult during curfew hours. Breaching the curfew in either city is punishable by a 750 euro fine.
The Vaucluse prefect has banned gatherings in central Avignon and around the ramparts on 24 and 25 October. The prefecture has also banned fireworks, fuel, acids, and protective or weapon-like objects.
An online protest map lists demonstrations planned in Avignon for 24 October, but none has been declared to the prefecture. Undeclared demonstrations in Vaucluse are illegal, and organisers face six months' imprisonment and a 7,500 euro fine.
The reporting does not specify how the curfews will be enforced, how many people the listed demonstrations expect, or where the boundaries of the banned zone around the ramparts lie.
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Prefecture Pairs Curfews With Gathering Bans and Penalties for Organisers
Through the measures themselves, the prefecture's approach combines curfews for minors in Avignon and Cavaillon, bans on gatherings around the ramparts, and restrictions on fireworks, fuel, acids and protective or weapon-like objects. Under this framework, demonstrations must be declared in advance, and organisers of undeclared ones face six months' imprisonment and a 7,500 euro fine. The available reporting does not detail the rationale behind the package.
Organisers Face Penalties While Demonstrations Remain Listed Publicly Online
From the viewpoint of those planning demonstrations, the situation contains a gap: an online protest map lists events in Avignon for 24 October, yet none has been declared to the prefecture. Because undeclared gatherings are illegal, organisers who proceed face six months' imprisonment and a 7,500 euro fine. Whether the listed events will go ahead, and how participants view the rules, is not established in the reporting.