I am… and I want to…

Tell us where you are (tear-gassed, first protest, witness to an arrest…), then what you want to do: in two steps, the page takes you to the right part, with the useful contacts and steps. Works offline.

I am kettled by the police

• … and I want to get out
  • What to do when kettled
  • Conseil d'État — schéma de maintien de l'ordre (2021)
  • LDH — Attroupement et dispersion (fiche)
  • Leaving safely
• … and I want to record what is happening
  • Filming an intervention
  • ProofMode
• … and I want to alert a legal team or a relative
  • SOS page: emergency numbers and legal teams
  • Legal teams and custody support

I am on my way to or from the protest

• … and I want to get there smoothly
  • Getting there: transport, car-sharing, bike
  • RATP — Info trafic
  • Organic Maps
• … and I want to get back safely
  • Getting back
  • Leaving safely
  • Don't go home alone

I am a beginner (it's my first protest)

• … and I want to understand how it works
  • Pre-protest checklist
  • Getting there and back
  • Recognise warnings and know when to leave
  • Stay with your group
  • Why do protests turn to property damage?
• … and I want to get ready
  • Outfit and kit
  • Protection: mask, goggles, knee pads, shin guards
  • Never stay alone
  • Essential resources
  • Signs, banners, flags and leaflets
  • Protest chants
• … and I want to know my rights
  • The right to protest
  • Amnesty France — Nos droits en manifestation
  • What the law forbids at a protest, and what you risk
• … and I want to protect my phone
  • Phone: emergency lock, passcode and seizure
  • Phone and anonymity

I am facing dispersal warnings

• … and I want to leave without being arrested
  • Recognising the warnings
  • Leaving safely
• … and I want to know what I risk
  • What the law says
  • LDH — Attroupement et dispersion (fiche)
  • Amnesty France — Nos droits en manifestation

I am tear-gassed

• … and I want to treat myself now
  • Tear gas: what to do right away
  • Les gestes à adopter en manif (brochure street medics)
  • Medicaction — Guides street medics
  • Soins post-manif (brochure)
  • When to see a doctor if it persists
  • Breathing difficulty, fainting: call 15 or 112
• … and I want to know about long-term effects
  • Long-term follow-up
  • Long-term effects resources
  • More than tears — étude sur le gaz lacrymogène et la santé reproductive (2023)
  • Lacrymos de sang
  • Amnesty — Gaz lacrymogènes : quels dangers, que dit la loi ?
• … and I want to protect myself better next time
  • Masks and goggles

I am injured

• … and I want to get treated
  • SOS page: emergency numbers and legal teams
  • Injuries: first steps
  • Emergency room: report X-ray-invisible shrapnel (GM2L, GL-304) and blast effect
  • Helping an injured person (15, pressure point, ABC)
• … and I want to identify the weapon that injured me (wound, debris)
  • Recognise baton, tear gas, LBD, GENL, GM2L, GL-304 and stun munitions
  • Photograph and preserve debris and markings
  • Désarmons-les
  • Maintiendelordre.fr
• … and I want to get my injuries documented
  • Get it documented
  • Describe the typical lesion pattern on the medical certificate with ITT
• … and I want to file a complaint or report
  • Document injuries and file a complaint (prosecutor, IGPN/IGGN, Defender of Rights)
  • LDH — Que faire face aux violences policières ? (2026)
  • IGGN — Plateforme de signalement (gendarmerie)
  • Défenseur des droits
  • Flagrant déni
• … and I want to talk to someone
  • Emotional shock, anxiety and helplines
  • France Victimes (116 006) — 116 006
  • Cn2r — psychotraumatisme

I am threatened or attacked by the far right

• … and I want to get safe now
  • If you are attacked
  • SOS page: 17, 112, legal teams
• … and I want to avoid being targeted
  • Before the protest
  • During
  • Getting back safely
• … and I want to file a complaint and get support
  • After an attack
  • LICRA
  • SOS Racisme
  • SOS homophobie
  • France Victimes (116 006) — 116 006

I am arrested or in custody

• … and I want to know my rights
  • Your rights from the start
  • Reflexes
  • Refusing photo, fingerprints or DNA: an offence
  • Asking for erasure of your data
• … and I want to find or pay a lawyer
  • Lawyers, legal aid, funds
  • Service-Public — Aide juridictionnelle
• … and I want to know what to do on release
  • On release

I am witness to an arrest or close to someone arrested

• … and I want to alert a legal team
  • SOS page: emergency numbers and legal teams
  • Legal teams and custody support
• … and I want to remove them from our Signal groups as a precaution
  • Precautionary removal
  • Custody: what happens and what can be done
• … and I want to film what is happening
  • Filming an intervention
• … and I want to meet them on release
  • Organise meeting them on release

I am witness to police violence

• … and I want to film and keep the evidence
  • During
  • Keep the evidence
  • Photograph and preserve weapon debris (LBD, grenades)
• … and I want to report it
  • Défenseur des droits
  • IGGN — Plateforme de signalement (gendarmerie)
  • LDH — Que faire face aux violences policières ? (2026)
• … and I want to publish without exposing people
  • Publish without exposing
• … and I want to know documented precedents
  • Documented repression

I am a high-school student

• … and I want to protest without putting myself at risk
  • Blockades, absences: what is allowed
  • CIDJ — Droit de manifester des lycéens
  • Pre-protest checklist
  • Never stay alone
  • Signs, banners, flags and leaflets
  • Why do protests turn to property damage?
• … and I want to know whether I have the right to protest
  • The right to protest
  • What the school can forbid
• … and I want to know what I risk at school
  • Possible sanctions
  • After an arrest: what happens next in court
• … and I want to know my rights if I am arrested (as a minor)
  • Arrested high-school student: your rights
  • Service-Public — Retenue ou garde à vue d'un mineur
  • Police custody
• … and I want to talk to someone after a shock
  • Fil Santé Jeunes (0 800 235 236) — 0800 235 236
  • Emotional shock and mental health
• … and I want to find financial help (grants, transport, health)
  • Bourse de lycée — Service-Public
  • 1jeune1solution — Mes aides financières

I am the parent of a minor

• … and I want to support high-school students
  • What is allowed and the risks (blockades, absences)
  • Pre-protest checklist to prepare with them
  • Film and document if the police intervene
  • Amnesty — Manifestation : tes droits en action
  • LDH — Observatoires des libertés publiques
  • All resources for minors and high-school students
• … and I want to know what happens if they are in custody
  • Custody of minors
  • Service-Public — Retenue ou garde à vue d'un mineur
  • Tips for parents
• … and I want to understand school sanctions
  • Possible sanctions
• … and I want to find a lawyer
  • Resources for minors

I am a foreign national, undocumented or with a residence permit

• … and I want to protest while limiting the risks
  • Before the protest
  • Risks to know
  • Leave before dispersal
• … and I want to know the risks for my residence
  • Risks to know
  • Service-Public — Retenue pour vérification du droit au séjour
• … and I want to prepare before the protest
  • Before the protest
• … and I want to find legal help
  • La Cimade
  • GISTI
  • If you are arrested

I am a victim of sexist or sexual violence

• … and I want to talk to someone
  • 3919 — Violences Femmes Info — 3919
• … and I want to file a complaint
  • What to do afterwards

I am harassed or exposed online

• … and I want to get content removed
  • Harassment and doxxing
  • 3018 — e-Enfance — 3018
  • CNIL — Droit à l'effacement
• … and I want to report illegal content
  • PHAROS — Signaler un contenu illicite

I am an employee

• … and I want to go on strike
  • Private sector
• … and I want to protest without striking
  • Protesting without striking
• … and I want to support strikers when my job doesn't block anything
  • If your absence blocks nothing
  • Financially supporting strikers

I am not in a position to block anything (office job…) but I want to support a strike

• … and I want to still weigh on a movement
  • If your absence blocks nothing
  • Protesting without striking
• … and I want to financially support strikers
  • Financially supporting strikers
  • Caisse de solidarité
• … and I want to know my rights and risks
  • Private sector
  • Slowdowns and work-to-rule
  • Service-Public — Droit de grève (secteur privé)

I am I work in social work, care or supporting people

• … and I want to know what my employer can impose (minimum service, assignment, requisition)
  • What the law provides, depending on your employer
  • Service-Public — Droit de grève (fonction publique)
• … and I want to strike without abandoning the people I support
  • Striking without abandoning the people you support
  • CGT Santé Action Sociale
  • CFDT Santé-Sociaux
  • FNAS-FO (action sociale)
  • CFE-CGC Santé Social
  • SUD Santé Sociaux
• … and I want to support without stopping work
  • Protesting without striking
  • Financially supporting strikers

I am a civil servant or public employee

• … and I want to go on strike
  • Striking in the public service
• … and I want to minimum service, assignment or requisition
  • What the law provides, depending on your employer
• … and I want to protest without risking my career
  • Duty of discretion and neutrality
  • The right to protest
• … and I want to speak out on social media
  • Duty of discretion and neutrality
  • Calling for a protest online
• … and I want to know what I risk if I am arrested
  • If you are prosecuted
  • Police custody

I am organising a protest

• … and I want to notify the protest
  • Notify
  • Service-Public — Organiser une manifestation
• … and I want to prepare safety
  • Prepare
  • CryptPad
• … and I want to limit leaks from our discussion groups
  • The groups: public group, airlock group, trusted group, sub-groups
  • Signal
• … and I want to share information securely
  • CryptPad
  • Signal
  • Element (Matrix)
  • Which communication tool to choose
  • Signs, banners, flags and leaflets

I am filming or holding videos

• … and I want to keep the evidence
  • Keep the evidence
  • ProofMode
• … and I want to publish without exposing people
  • Publish without exposing
  • mat2
• … and I want to back up my videos
  • Automatic backup
  • Ente Photos

I am a journalist or press photographer

• … and I want to know my rights
  • Journalists and dispersal
  • Your status and the press card
  • Photographing people
• … and I want to protect my images and sources
  • Metadata, encryption, sources
  • Publish without exposing
• … and I want to film or photograph in the field
  • Filming an intervention
  • Automatic backup
• … and I want to be quoted or interviewed
  • Talking to the press at a protest

I am summoned to court

• … and I want to prepare my defence
  • Fast-track trial and court: documents to gather urgently
  • Service-Public — Comparution immédiate
  • Guide du manifestant arrêté (Syndicat de la magistrature)
  • After custody
• … and I want to pay for a lawyer
  • Service-Public — Aide juridictionnelle
  • Lawyers and solidarity funds

I am without signal or Internet

• … and I want to communicate with my group
  • Signal, Briar or Meshtastic: the comparison
  • Briar
  • Meshtastic
• … and I want to find my way
  • Organic Maps
• … and I want to keep this site at hand
  • Install this site offline
  • Printable pocket card

I am facing dubious information

• … and I want to check it
  • The SIFT method
  • Fact-checking services
• … and I want to talk about it with my loved ones
  • How to talk about it

I am keen to get involved or trained

• … and I want to get trained in non-violent action
  • Get trained
  • ANV-COP21 — Se former
  • Alternatiba
• … and I want to join a group
  • Extinction Rebellion France
  • Greenpeace France — Groupes locaux
  • All organisations
• … and I want to join Signal groups safely
  • Signal groups: the members' part
  • Your settings
• … and I want to become an observer
  • LDH — Observatoires des libertés publiques
• … and I want to follow the movements' news
  • Stay informed
  • Following accounts on social media
• … and I want to take action
  • Signs, banners, flags and leaflets

I am new to the Signal organising groups

• … and I want to understand how it works
  • The groups: public group, airlock group, trusted group, sub-groups
  • Recruitment, role by role
• … and I want to stay anonymous
  • Your activist name
  • Your settings
  • Signal
• … and I want to go to a meeting (airlock group)
  • The airlock group
• … and I want to join the trusted group
  • Validating: graduated trust

I am manipulated or misinformed

• … and I want to check what I read
  • The SIFT method
  • Fact-checking services
• … and I want to understand where false information comes from
  • Check an image or a video
  • Before sharing
• … and I want to know the official statements later debunked
  • Official statements debunked

I am an influencer or content creator

• … and I want to publish without exposing people
  • Publish without exposing
  • mat2
• … and I want to protect myself from harassment
  • Harassment and doxxing
  • PHAROS — Signaler un contenu illicite
  • CNIL — Droit à l'effacement
• … and I want to check before sharing
  • Before sharing

I am gagged or under pressure (censorship, summons, formal notice)

• … and I want to know what to do if summoned by the police
  • Summoned for a voluntary interview: your rights
  • Service-Public — Audition libre
  • Reflexes (silence, lawyer)
  • Lawyers and legal teams
• … and I want to defend myself against a harassment campaign
  • Harassment and doxxing
  • PHAROS — Signaler un contenu illicite
• … and I want to find legal support
  • Lawyers and solidarity funds
  • Ligue des droits de l'Homme

I am older

• … and I want to understand
  • The right to protest
  • Historical milestones: what the street won
• … and I want to protest safely
  • Never stay alone
  • Kit and outfit
  • Fainting, heat, panic attack
  • Leaving in time

I am young or a student

• … and I want to understand
  • The right to protest
  • Historical milestones: what the street won
  • Spot disinformation
  • Why do protests turn to property damage?
• … and I want to protest safely
  • Never stay alone
  • Kit and outfit
  • Fainting, heat, panic attack
  • Leaving in time
  • My rights if arrested

I am disabled

• … and I want to protest safely and know my rights
  • Guide: protesting with a disability or chronic condition
  • Rights in custody (doctor, medication, sign-language interpreter)
  • Manifs et handicap (Reporterre)
  • Emergencies: 114 by text for deaf people

I am afraid, but I want to act

• … and I want to protest differently (indirect action)
  • Talk to your loved ones
  • Solidarity funds to support
  • Join a group
  • Share reliable information
  • Signs, banners, flags and leaflets
• … and I want to protest feeling safer
  • Never stay alone
  • Kit and outfit
  • Fainting, heat, panic attack
  • Leaving in time
  • Why do protests turn to property damage?

I am without a vehicle

• … and I want to get to the protest
  • Public transport, car-sharing, bike, on foot
  • RATP — Info trafic
  • Organic Maps

I am a lawyer, healthcare worker or developer

• … and I want to help as a lawyer
  • Legal teams and anti-repression groups
  • LDH — Observatoires des libertés publiques
• … and I want to help as a healthcare worker
  • Les gestes à adopter en manif (brochure street medics)
  • Medicaction — Guides street medics
  • Soins post-manif (brochure)
  • First aid at protests
  • Police weapons: typical lesions, radiolucent shrapnel and blast effect
• … and I want to help as a developer
  • Contribute to this site

I am a police officer or gendarme

• … and I want to help (report misconduct)
  • Défenseur des droits — Lanceurs d'alerte
  • Défenseur des droits
  • Flagrant déni
• … and I want to understand protesters' rights
  • The right to protest
  • Amnesty France — Nos droits en manifestation
  • Conseil d'État — schéma de maintien de l'ordre (2021)

I am new to politics, but I want to act

• … and I want to understand what is at stake and what elected officials do
  • Historical milestones: what the street won
  • Check a claim in 4 steps
  • Poligraph
  • Datan
  • HowTheyVote.eu
  • Anticor
• … and I want to understand public debt, corporate subsidies (CICE) and tax fraud
  • Verified orders of magnitude (media, budget, subsidies, fraud)
  • FIPECO — Finances publiques et économie
  • IRES — Un capitalisme sous perfusion (aides aux entreprises)
  • Observatoire des multinationales
  • EU Tax Observatory (Observatoire européen de la fiscalité)
  • Plateforme Paradis Fiscaux et Judiciaires
  • Observatoire des inégalités
• … and I want to take concrete action (without needing to know everything)
  • Get trained and join a local group
  • Go to my first protest (checklist)
  • Talk to people around me constructively
  • Support a solidarity fund
• … and I want to follow reliable sources
  • Where to get news and find upcoming protests
  • Independent outlets and fact-checking services
  • Acrimed (Action Critique Médias)
  • Médias français : qui possède quoi ? (Le Monde diplomatique & Acrimed)
  • Observatoire des multinationales
  • EU Tax Observatory (Observatoire européen de la fiscalité)
  • Observatoire des inégalités
  • FIPECO — Finances publiques et économie

I am in a debate (or looking for verified figures)

• … and I want to understand the public budget, debt and taxes
  • Verified orders of magnitude (media, budget, subsidies, fraud)
  • FIPECO — Finances publiques et économie
  • Observatoire des inégalités
  • World Inequality Database (WID.world)
• … and I want to check public subsidies to large corporations (CICE, R&D tax credit, dividends)
  • IRES — Un capitalisme sous perfusion (aides aux entreprises)
  • Observatoire des multinationales
  • Verified orders of magnitude (media, budget, subsidies, fraud)
• … and I want to compare tax fraud, tax evasion and social-benefit fraud
  • Verified orders of magnitude (media, budget, subsidies, fraud)
  • EU Tax Observatory (Observatoire européen de la fiscalité)
  • Plateforme Paradis Fiscaux et Judiciaires
  • Observatoire des inégalités
  • World Inequality Database (WID.world)
• … and I want to see who owns the media (ties with billionaires)
  • Médias français : qui possède quoi ? (Le Monde diplomatique & Acrimed)
  • Acrimed (Action Critique Médias)
  • Arrêt sur images
  • Observatoire des multinationales
  • Critical distance: media bias, official accounts and recourse
• … and I want to check elected officials' voting records and convictions
  • Monitoring elected officials: votes and court convictions
  • Datan
  • Poligraph
  • Casier Politique
  • Anticor
  • HowTheyVote.eu

I am depressed, sad or overwhelmed

• … and I want to talk to someone right now (free and confidential)
  • 3114 — Numéro national de prévention du suicide — 3114
  • France Victimes (116 006) — 116 006
  • Fil Santé Jeunes (0 800 235 236) — 0800 235 236
  • Nightline France
  • Psycom — Santé mentale Info
  • Calm an anxiety or panic attack (5-4-3-2-1 method)
• … and I want to cope with the aftermath of a violent protest or police custody
  • Guide: emotional shock, aftermath and mental health
  • Psychological aftermath and post-protest follow-up
  • Cn2r — psychotraumatisme
  • Soins post-manif (brochure)
  • France Victimes (116 006) — 116 006
  • All psychological support resources
• … and I want to break out of isolation and find a supportive group
  • Join a collective or local group
  • Don't stay alone after a protest
  • Alternatiba
  • LDH — Observatoires des libertés publiques
• … and I want to catch my breath without guilt (and see what past struggles have won)
  • Historical milestones: what social struggles have won
  • Choose your news sources without burning out
  • Help at your own pace (support a solidarity fund)

I am stopped for an ID check, bag search or fine (€135)

• … and I want to know my rights during an ID check or bag search
  • ID check and identity verification (4 hours max)
  • Visual inspection, bag search and security pat-down
• … and I want to know what to do if given a €135 fine
  • On-the-spot fine: why you should never pay right away
  • LDH — Attroupement et dispersion (fiche)
  • Conseil d'État — schéma de maintien de l'ordre (2021)
• … and I want to lock my phone in an emergency or refuse to unlock it
  • Disable Face ID / fingerprint in 2 seconds
  • Stops, custody and your unlock code

I am homeless, sleeping rough

• … and I want to sleep somewhere safe tonight
  • 115 — Hébergement d'urgence (SAMU social) — 115
  • Soliguide
• … and I want to eat, wash, get care, charge my phone
  • Soliguide
  • 115 — Hébergement d'urgence (SAMU social) — 115
• … and I want to get an address for my papers and my rights
  • Domiciliation des personnes sans domicile stable
• … and I want to get housing
  • Droit au logement opposable (Dalo) — Service-Public
  • Fondation pour le logement des défavorisés
  • Droit au logement (DAL)
  • All housing and shelter resources
• … and I want to protest without putting myself at risk
  • ID checks: your rights
  • Never stay alone

I am badly housed or facing eviction

• … and I want to know my rights (winter truce, procedure)
  • Trêve hivernale — Service-Public
  • ANIL et ADIL — conseils juridiques sur le logement
• … and I want to defend myself and not stay alone
  • Droit au logement (DAL)
  • ANIL et ADIL — conseils juridiques sur le logement
  • Fondation pour le logement des défavorisés
• … and I want to be rehoused
  • Droit au logement opposable (Dalo) — Service-Public
  • 115 — Hébergement d'urgence (SAMU social) — 115
• … and I want to get help as a student
  • Crous — MesServices.étudiant

I am a citizen who wants the people to decide (citizens' referendum)

• … and I want to understand the citizens' referendum and where the law stands
  • Proposition de loi constitutionnelle n° 2081 — RIC délibératif
  • Référendum d'initiative partagée (RIP) — ministère de l'Intérieur
  • Historical milestones (including the 2019 rejection of the citizens' referendum)
• … and I want to sign or start an official petition
  • Pétitions de l'Assemblée nationale
  • E-pétitions du Sénat
  • Initiative citoyenne européenne
  • Référendum d'initiative partagée (RIP) — ministère de l'Intérieur
• … and I want to join a group campaigning for the citizens' referendum
  • Espoir RIC
  • All direct democracy resources

I am struggling to make ends meet

• … and I want to find out which benefits I am entitled to
  • Mes Droits Sociaux
  • Prime d'activité — Service-Public
  • 1jeune1solution — Mes aides financières
  • Bourse de lycée — Service-Public
• … and I want to pay my energy bills or my debts
  • Chèque énergie
  • Surendettement — Service-Public
  • Trêve hivernale — Service-Public
• … and I want to eat and get clothes
  • Restos du Cœur
  • Secours populaire français
  • Soliguide
• … and I want to understand where public money goes
  • Observatoire des inégalités
  • IRES — Un capitalisme sous perfusion (aides aux entreprises)
  • EU Tax Observatory (Observatoire européen de la fiscalité)

I am an environmentalist fighting for the climate and living things

• … and I want to understand the issues, with figures
  • The Shift Project
  • Réseau Action Climat
  • Reporterre
• … and I want to join a group or an action
  • Les Soulèvements de la Terre
  • Extinction Rebellion France
  • Greenpeace France — Groupes locaux
  • Alternatiba
  • Sea Shepherd France
  • Signs, banners, flags and leaflets
• … and I want to act through the law
  • Notre Affaire à Tous
• … and I want to get trained in non-violent action and civil disobedience
  • ANV-COP21 — Se former
  • All ecology and climate resources

I am targeted by racism or ethnic profiling

• … and I want to respond to an abusive ID check
  • ID checks: your rights
  • Film the police
• … and I want to report it or file a complaint
  • Défenseur des droits
  • SOS Racisme
  • LICRA
  • PHAROS — Signaler un contenu illicite
• … and I want to understand what is documented
  • Documented repression and discrimination

I am demonstrating for Palestine

• … and I want to know what is legal (flag, demonstration)
  • The Palestinian flag: what the courts say
  • When a ban is lawful
• … and I want to know what to do if the demonstration is banned
  • Banned demonstration: fine, appeal
  • Banned demonstration: €135
• … and I want to avoid risky slogans and posts
  • Placards, slogans and posts
  • Signs, banners, flags and leaflets

I am on social media, facing hate

• … and I want to not push the far right up
  • Don't push them up
  • Push up your causes
• … and I want to spot bots and fake news
  • Bots and coordinated campaigns
  • Check a story and avoid disinformation
• … and I want to defend myself against online harassment
  • Sexist violence and online harassment
  • PHAROS — Signaler un contenu illicite

I am with a child or an animal

• … and I want to come with a child or an animal
  • Bringing a child or an animal
  • Dispersal: leaving in time
  • First aid, tear gas