At the end of the interview she had this Friday, April 25 with Louis Schweitzer, president of the High Authority against Discrimination and for Equality (Halde), Michele Alliot-Marie (photo) has announced the “Modification” in-depth software Slate (read daily, 14 April), which should now characterize the offence more people. The Interior Minister has announced its decision to delete from the field “State of the person”, the categories deemed detrimental to the fundamental freedoms by many associations.
According to our information: “Gay”, “transsexual”, “transvestite”, among others, would be replaced by four general categories: “vulnerable people”, “dead”, “tourist”, “transport user, some with sub - categories as “pregnant woman”, “SDF”, “minor Fugue.” However, the press service of the ministry did not confirm this information, and the least we can say it is not entirely clear what these categories.Nevertheless, LGBT associations who had mobilized against the collection of personal information under the procedures of police (read daily, 23 April), are satisfied. Jerome Vicart, president of the association of gays and lesbians police Flag! Remains “very vigilant to ensure that personal information already collected in police stations tests, with this software, are effectively erased.” Philippe Couillet, president of Lost (e ) s of memory, welcomes “the collective work that has paid”. Hussein Bourgi, president of the Collective against homophobia (CCH) is more nuanced. He assured that “the decision of the Minister of Interior valid post [the] criticism about these topics.” It renews its request to establish a working group bringing together members of the Interior Ministry, police union representatives and activists associations defending human rights, “to showcase the software changed in its future operation and to receive assurances from the destruction of data already obtained in the proceedings. ”
May 20