{"id":1955617,"date":"2023-06-23T17:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T21:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-shuts-down-climate-activist-group\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T17:45:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T21:45:19","slug":"france-shuts-down-climate-activist-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-shuts-down-climate-activist-group\/","title":{"rendered":"France closes climate activist group."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffrance-shuts-down-climate-activist-group%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1955617&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Pascal Le Segretain\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/roy-francis\">Roy Francis<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>2:30 PM \u2013 Friday, June 23, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>The French government issued a decree on Wednesday shutting down a climate activist group after officials had accused them of \u201ceco-terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The activist group, Uprisings of the Earth, had frequently resorted to violence and clashes with police during their demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>The group condemned the shutdown, calling it a violation of human rights and an infringement on the French public\u2019s freedom of speech. The group\u2019s lawyer, Raphael Kempf, told Reuters that the shutdown targets speech and has vowed to contest the decision in the courts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><strong>\u201cIt\u2019s an infringement on freedom of expression, it targets speech and not actions,\u201d Kempf said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Patrick Baudouin, Head of the French Human Rights League, agreed with the group, saying that this is only a part of a wider trend and that the government has been attacking \u201cseveral freedoms.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><strong>\u201cFor the past few months there have been attacks on several freedoms (freedom of protest, expression and association), that primarily concern the ecologist movement,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The process to shut down the group due to their violent demonstrations had begun in March, after a protest in western France led to violent clashes between 5,000 protesters and 3,000 police officers. Police had fired teargas after vehicles were set on fire in order to try and disperse the demonstrators. Serious injuries had been reported at the time among both police and protesters.<\/p>\n<p>French authorities had also arrested 14 people who belonged to the group on Tuesday, after an investigation that had begun in December into their actions during a demonstration against a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-shuts-down-climate-activist-group\/\" title=\"France closes climate activist group.\">major cement manufacturer<\/a> in 2022, according to BFMTV.<\/p>\n<p>The group said that it plans to appeal the decision to dissolve it, adding that the decision by the government would help it gain support among the public.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><strong>\u201cWe see it as a call to set up a network of resistance, as a lever to help even more people join the next actions of Soul\u00e8vements de la Terre,\u201d the group told CNN. \u201cThe government claimed to make us disappear, but in reality we are becoming more and more visible,\u201d the statement added.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The French Human Rights League released a statement and said that the government\u2019s decision to dissolve the group was a \u201cworrying sign\u201d of a crackdown on environmental protest.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><strong>\u201cThis decision comes in a climate particularly hostile to this environmental movement, attempting to bluntly silence it and its supporters,\u201d the statement read.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The numerous protests and clashes in France in 2023 had also prompted United Nations officials to advise the French government to revise its policing practices and to avoid using excessing force.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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