“The primary aim of our demonstration is to protest against the arrest of Corsican activists advocating for independence and to show our support for them. They have become targets of persecution by the French state; the police have forcefully entered their homes. One of these activists is an accounting expert. They resorted to violence by throwing him to the ground in front of a child and searching his house. Such actions are unacceptable,” said Pascal Alberini, a participant in the protest supporting the Corsicans detained by the police in Bastia, during an interview with AZERTAC.