France, March 7 -- Scientific researchers across France have voiced solidarity with their American colleagues by joining the "Stand up for Science" movement, protesting against massive budget cuts and what they say is 'sabotage' byDonald Trump's administration.

Under the banner "Stand up for Science France", a collective scientists held several demonstrations and conferences in cities across the country on Friday in support of similar events organised in the United States.

The "Stand Up For Science" movement is calling for an end to censorship, the protection of funding and the rehabilitation of researchers who have been brutally removed from their work since Donald Trump came to power.

Mass firings and sweeping cuts overseen by Trump'...