グレタさん、仏環境ＮＧＯを支持　暴力奨励で解散命令

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】スウェーデンの環境活動家グレタ・トゥンベリさん（２０）は２１日、フランス政府が解散を命じた環境ＮＧＯ「大地の蜂起（ＳＬＴ）」に対する支持を表明した。（写真は仏パリの国務院前で、環境ＮＧＯ「大地の蜂起〈ＳＬＴ〉」の解散命令に抗議するデモに参加するスウェーデンの環境活動家グレタ・トゥンベリさん〈中央〉）
　仏政府は同日、一連の抗議行動で暴力を奨励してきたとしてＳＬＴを非合法化。ジェラルド・ダルマナン内相は「（ＳＬＴは）環境保護の名の下に、暴力による破壊行為や器物損壊を奨励している」と述べた。
　ＳＬＴは解散命令を非難。仏全土の数十都市で直ちに抗議行動を開始するよう呼び掛けた。
　グリーンファイナンス（環境問題の解決に向けた取り組みに特化した金融）に関する会合に合わせてパリに滞在していたトゥンベリさんは即座に、ＳＬＴへの支持を表明。ＳＬＴのメンバーや支持者と共に記者会見を開き、「抗議する権利、生命をどう守るかの問題だ」「今起きている事態に反対し、抗議する権利のためにもっと多くの人が立ち上がることを願う」と述べた。
　ＳＬＴは、「絶滅への反逆」などと並び、より過激な環境保護運動の一角を成しており、気候変動や地球温暖化対策の不備に抗議するには直接行動が必要と主張している。
　仏政府は、３月に南西部サントソリーヌで行われた貯水池建設反対デモをきっかけにＳＬＴの解散命令に至った。デモでは、約５０００人の参加者と３０００人以上の警官隊の間で激しい衝突が発生。約３０人の警官が負傷し、参加者２人が昏睡（こんすい）状態となっている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/06/22-17:04）

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday gave her backing to a climate group shut down by the French government amid accusations it foments violence.
The government issued a decree earlier on Wednesday outlawing Uprisings of the Earth (SLT), saying it had encouraged violence in a series of demonstrations, including one that saw fierce clashes with police over an irrigation project.
SLT condemned the shutdown and called for protests in dozens of cities across France starting Wednesday.
The group also won the swift backing of Thunberg who was in Paris on the sidelines of a summit on green finance.
This is about the right to protest and this is about defending life, Thunberg told a news conference with members of the organisation and supporters.
I hope there'll be more people who stand up against these things that are happening now, and stand up for the right to protest, said the 20-year-old who regularly calls on world leaders to act fast against climate change.
Following Wednesday's weekly cabinet meeting, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said that under the claim of defending the preservation of the environment... (SLT) encourages sabotage and property damage, including with violence.
SLT is part of a new wave of more radical climate activist groups, including Extinction Rebellion, that say direct action is needed in response to insufficient efforts to combat climate change and global warming.
The dissolution procedure for SLT was launched in March after around 5,000 protesters battled with more than 3,000 police officers during a protest against a giant irrigation reservoir near Sainte-Soline in western France.
Two protesters were left in a coma afterwards and about 30 officers were injured.
But Darmanin has drawn fire from left-wing opponents and rights groups for branding the actions of some protesters eco-terrorism, noting that SLT's dissolution is based on a new law targeting extremist ideologies.
It should not be used in a context of civil disobedience, where the freedom of expression and assembly takes precedence, Greenpeace France said in a statement.
Greenpeace added that it would support SLT if it contested the dissolution decree before the State Council, which rules on the legality of French laws.
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