New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- The Yellow Vest movement in France on Saturday (local time) called for new demonstrations on October 31 as the country continues to reel from protests and sporadic violence. Organisers called for fresh rallies and a sit-in outside parliament and city halls nationwide, condemning the "authoritarian drift" of President Emmanuel Macron and urging citizens to stand up for "public freedoms".

Members of the largely rural-based Yellow Vest movement were angered and refused to comply when Paris police ordered a late change to the authorised route for a union-organised march Saturday, shifting it to the edge of the capital.

Next Saturday, "we will protest for the freedom to protest, and for all our freedoms," a Yellow Vest ...