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"Shutting down Les Soulèvements de la Terre (ed: Uprisings of the Earth) would mean the leaders of this country are trying to dissolve the environmental and social movement," explains Benoît Feuillu, an activist with the collective, ahead of the hearing of France's State Council, which is due to examine the legality of the dissolution. SOUNDBITE
French anti-riot police deploy in northern France as tension mount over the fatal shooting of a teen in a Paris suburb. France on Thursday charged a policeman with homicide over the fatal shooting of a teen that has left authorities scrambling to contain an escalating crisis and prevent new protest violence. IMAGES
Bangkok, Jun 22 (EFE/EPA).- 22 pro-democracy activists, including five prominent leaders Parit Chiwarak, Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul, Jatupat Boonpattararaksa, Anon Nampa and Panupong Jadnok, went on trial on charges of insulting the monarchy under the section 112 of the Thai criminal code, and for their roles in anti-government protests in September 2020. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).SHOT LIST: THAI PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS ARRIVE TO ATTEND TRIAL AT THE CRIMINAL COURT IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Hong Kong, May 28 (EFE/EPA).-Several prominent pro-democracy activists of Hong Kong were sentenced on Friday to up to 18 months in prison for convening an unauthorized protest in October 2019, according to local media reports.The harshest sentences were handed to former lawmakers, Albert Ho, Lee Cheuk-yan and Leung Kwok-hung (known in the city as "Long Hair"), and to Figo Chan, convener of the Civil Human Rights Front, an organization that convened some of the largest demonstrations during the 2019 anti-government protests, public broadcaster RTHK reported. (Camera: MIGUEL CANDELA). SHOT LIST: THE EXTERIOR OF THE WEST KOWLOON LAW COURTS BUILDING AHEAD OF NATIONAL SECURITY SUSPECT MEDIA MOGUL JIMMY LAI'S ARRIVAL FOR THE COURT VERDICT IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Apr 30 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong and three other fellow advocates were convicted Friday by a local court of participating in an unauthorized 2020 assembly commemorating China’s Tiananmen crackdown.Wong, 24, Lester Shum, 27, Tiffany Yuen, 27, and Jannell Leung, 26, among Hong Kong’s young generation of pro-democracy activists, appeared at the District Court to plead guilty to one count of knowingly taking part in the unauthorized Jun. 4 candlelight vigil in Victoria Park. The event marked 31 years since Chinese armed forces killed hundreds of protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989.“Even when the world changes, we will not change ourselves!” said Wong after the hearing before leaving the dock. The activist is currently serving two jail terms totaling almost a year and a half for protest-related charges. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF HONG KONG PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS JOSHUA WONG, LESTER SHUM, AND TIFFANY YUEN, IN HONG KONG.
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