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COP21: Security crackdown in Paris sees climate change protesters under house arrest
2015-11-28 21:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: French climate change activists have been placed under house arrest ahead of the opening of the UN climate change conference in Paris. Public demonstrations are banned in France under the state of emergency that was declared after the Paris terrorist attacks two week ago, in which 130 people were killed. Green groups have described the move as "an abuse of power" but the French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the activists were suspected of planning violent protests. "These 24 people...
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Ahead of climate summit, French use emergency laws to put activists under house arrest
2015-11-28 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: France has put 24 green activists under house arrest ahead of the United Nations climate talks, using emergency laws put in place following the Paris shootings, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Saturday. Cazeneuve said the activists were suspected of planning violent protests at the talks which kick off on Sunday, a day ahead of the opening ceremony, and run until Dec. 11. The conference, also dubbed COP21, is seeking to agree a deal that signals a break with a rising reliance on...
Paris climate talks: Activists placed under house arrest by French authorities using emergency laws
2015-11-27 23:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: At least 24 climate change activists have been put under house arrest by French police. They are accused of defying a ban on organising protests during next week's 2015 UN Climate Change Conference in Paris. Three people have been placed under house arrest in Rens, two in Paris, two in Rouen and one in Lyons, according to a campaigns website collating information about police actions against activists. They are only allowed to leave their houses three times a day to sign a post office register...
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France puts 24 climate activists under house arrest ahead of UN talks
2015-11-27 20:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: French authorities have placed 24 activists under house arrest ahead of major UN climate warming talks starting near Paris next week, using the state of emergency powers declared after the Paris attacks. The interior ministry said Friday the measures had been taken to prevent the activists from demonstrating ahead of the COP21 conference, but their lawyers and Amnesty International accused the government of abusing the state of emergency. Three of those concerned, who are in their late 20s,...
Paris climate activists put under house arrest using emergency laws
2015-11-27 18:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: At least 24 climate activists have been put under house arrest by French police, accused of flouting a ban on organising protests during next weeks Paris climate summit, the Guardian has learned. One legal adviser to the activists said many officers raided his Paris apartment and occupied three floors and a staircase in his block. French authorities did not respond to requests for comment but lawyers said that the warrants were issued under state of emergency laws, imposed after the terror...
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