The government has pronounced the dissolution of the environmental movement Revolts of the Earth

It is a tug of war that lasts several months. Since the demonstration that took place in Sainte-Soline on March 25 – and which ended in clashes between police and demonstrators (two of them were seriously injured), the green movement Land revolts, which brings together several NGOs, is in the crosshairs of the state. Because for several months, Gerald Darmanin and the government threatens dissolution.

Dissolution which was pronounced on Wednesday 21 June in the Council of Ministers. Gérald Darmanin presented this decision today, in the form of a decree. Decision justifying as follows: “No cause justifies the wounding of police and gendarmes”.

A decision denounced by many elected officials

Initially scheduled for mid-April, the dissolution of the environmental movement born in 2021 has been postponed, in particular due to legal difficulties. is ultimately” at the request of the President of the Republic that the collective will be doomed to disappear.

With our colleagues from World, Lena Lazareexponent of the movement, complaint a “criminalization” it’s a “repression” by the government, facts denounced by UN special rapporteurs.

This dissolution is hotly contested by the elected left. For Sandrine Rousseauthis decision denounced on Twitter the “rejection ” OR “The inconsistency of this decision on an ecological movement, in a context in which urgent policies are being made to fight global warming.

“Activists of the Revolt of the Earth must be listened to. Not repressed like terrorists are not”for his part, he denounced Jean-Luc Melenchon.

For her part, the Green Senator Melanie Vogel tweeted: ” You don’t dissolve a riot ».

Wide support from associations

But the collective enjoys a lot of support, since to date, more than 115,000 people he signed a petition denouncing the government’s treatment of the movement. Many associations like attackOR The League of Human Rights – also targeted by the government – ​​has given them frontal support.

In a press release published on Tuesday, June 20, the Earth Revolts assured this “to court” and believe “in the possibility of a legal victory to overturn this unfair decision, as has been the case for other politically motivated dismissals in recent years”, we can read in the text. To do so, they say they are ready to turn to the European Court of Human Rights to defend their rights.

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