Supporters of jailed French farmer-activist Jose Bove stage a demonstration outside his prison in Vi..,...

Supporters of jailed French farmer-activist Jose Bove stage a demonstration outside his prison in Villeneuve les Maguelone on July 14, 2003 to protest against [French President Chirac's] failure to pardon the radical folk hero. [Around 1,000 protesters beat sticks on security barriers around Bove's prison. Sympathisers of the walrus-moustached activist, famous for smashing up a McDonald's restaurant to protest at what he called poor quality food, had been hoping Chirac would annul Bove's prison sentence in a traditional Bastille Day amnesty. Bove's arrest in June for destroying genetically-modified rice and maize crops prompted an outcry after police smashed into his Montpellier home and bundled him into a helicopter.]