European rights court probes France over protester losing eye

Europe's top rights court is investigating France for alleged "torture" and "inhumane and degrading treatment" after a French union activist lost an eye at a protest in 2016, his lawyers and the court have said. Laurent Theron, then aged 46, lost the use of his right eye after being struck by a rubber-ball grenade shot by police during a demonstration against labour reforms on 15 September 2016.His lawyers argued the policeman who fired it was not under any threat at the time, but a French court