Ancestral tradition and controversy. In the 16th century, François 1er gave its letters of nobility to the practice of hunting on horseback, also called hunting with hounds. If today this particular hobby still claims " 10,000 practitioners and 100,000 supporters » in France, the only petition of the 30 million Friends Foundation to demand its ban is approaching 300,000 signatures. Among the opponents of the venery, we find citizens more involved than the others: the militants of the collective “Abolissons...
The Defender of Rights Claire Hédon looks into the Sainte-Soline affair. It automatically took up the cases of the two demonstrators seriously injured on Saturday during violent clashes in this commune of Deux Sèvres where a controversial water reserve is under construction, the independent institution said on Thursday.The institution explains that it was seized "in view of the seriousness of the injuries caused, possibly by weapons of intermediate strength, in a context of demonstrations". The two demonstrators, Michaël and Serge,...
Climate activists have occupied the 141 meter high chimney of the thermal power station in Erlangen. On a banner unfurled there on Wednesday morning, they called for the phasing out of the use of gas as a fuel. Stadtwerke Erlangen and the police confirmed the action. The power plant remained in operation during this time.According to the activists, the action began at 5 a.m. According to a spokesman for the group, the two people on the chimney wanted to stay...
protest action Prosecution after color attack by climate activists in the Greens Climate activists daubed the party headquarters of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen in Berlin at the beginning of November last year. photo © Julius Christian Schreiner/TNN/dpa They caused damage of around 20,000 euros to the building of the federal office of the Greens in Berlin. Now two climate activists have to answer in court. Almost five months after a color attack on the federal office of the Greens in Berlin,...
From Ronen Steinke, BerlinIt's not the first case of this kind, but it's the most dramatic so far: because climate activists from the "Last Generation" group blocked a bridge over the Elbe on Saturday, a truck driver in Hamburg lost patience and took vigilante justice. First he pulled one of the stuck, a 50-year-old geologist from Barnstorf in Lower Saxony, rudely off the road. Then he kicked the man lying on the ground in the stomach, as can be seen...
Amazon series Horse dies while filming "Rings of Power" - animal rights activists compare producers with orcs Warrior Galadriel on her horse in the first season of "Rings of Power" on Amazon Prime Video © Amazon Prime Video A horse died while filming the Amazon series "Rings of Power". The animal protection organization Peta raises serious allegations and calls for no more real animals to be used in the future. Not much would work in the series "Rings of Power"...
They are fired up against the leadership of a party “which tacitly agrees to the policy of Emmanuel Macron. Rebellious wind among the Republicans where young activists have just slammed the door to express their disagreement with the political line of the party chaired by Eric Ciotti. On March 20, the leaders of the young LRs in Morbihan had thus announced "the dissolution of the local movement" after returning their cards. Four days later, the young militants of Ille-et-Vilaine did...
justice Ten days detention for climate activists Glued in place with quick-setting concrete: climate activists from the Last Generation movement had blocked the Elbe bridges towards the city centre. photo © Jonas Walzberg/dpa They had glued themselves to the Elbe bridges with concrete and paralyzed traffic - a danger to public safety, a judge decided. Two climate activists from the Last Generation group have to remain in custody for ten days after the Hamburg Elbe bridges were blocked. That was...
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protest action Climate activists paint the Danube Canal green in Vienna At noon, a group of activists blocked the Salztor Bridge in downtown Vienna and turned the Danube Canal green. photo © Unknown/EXTINCTION REBELLION AUSTRIA/APA/dpa The water shimmered in an extraordinary color. Behind it is the alliance Extinction Rebellion. But why? Activists today painted a section of the Danube Canal green in protest at a gas industry conference in Vienna. The harmless uranine, a fluorescent dye, was used, according to...
