Citizen Go, a pro-life and pro-family advocacy group, recently took to the streets of Paris with a bus displaying the message “Stop attacks on Christians.” The group aimed to raise awareness about the perceived mistreatment of Christians, especially during the Paris Summer Olympics.
According to Citizen Go, six of their team members were arrested and spent the night in jail for promoting their message. They shared on social media platform X that their peaceful protest during a time when Christians were being openly mocked had led to their unjust detention.
In the days leading up to the Olympics, three drag queens—Minima Geste, Nicky Doll, and Miss Martini—were among the 10,000 torchbearers who carried the Olympic flame to its destination in Paris. The event’s Opening Ceremony featured a controversial reenactment of The Last Supper, performed by drag queens in provocative attire, which drew widespread criticism.
Citizen Go expressed outrage over what they see as a double standard, where mocking Christians goes unpunished, but spreading a pro-Christian message results in arrests. The group posted, “Six of our team members were forced to spend the night in jail for simply denouncing the mockery of Christians by displaying the message ‘Stop the attacks on Christians’ on a bus.”
The group’s lawyer argued that the arrest was baseless, stating, “It appears impossible to constitute the crime of failing to communicate a protest because there is no protest in the presence of one unique vehicle. The prosecutor pushed the law to its limits to stop the bus and limit their free speech. Moreover, the procedure was irregular.”
Citizen Go described the situation as “anti-Christian political and ideological persecution.” After their release, French authorities demanded that the group remove the message from the bus. When their lawyer resisted, the group was escorted out of the city by police.
Citizen Go condemned the actions of the French police, calling them “tyrannical, anti-Christian bullies” and asserting that their only crime was spreading a message in defense of Christianity.