[Peace-discuss] FW: Police Tear Gas At Banned Global March For Climate in Paris

Mon Nov 30 07:39:17 EST 2015

Police Tear Gas At Banned Global March For Climate in Paris

Description: Climate march in Paris 11-29-15 by Reuters

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By Staff, www.rt.com
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November 29th, 2015

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Above: Demonstrators clash with CRS riot policemen near the Place de la
Republique after the cancellation of a planned climate march following
shootings in the French capital, ahead of the World Climate Change
Conference 2015 (COP21), in Paris, France, November 29, 2015. REUTERS/Eric
Gaillard.

<https://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Paris-COP-21-p
rotest-police-tear-gas-protesters-by-AP-e1448826522207.jpeg> Description:
Policemen fight with activists during a protest ahead of the 2015 Paris
Climate Conference at the place de la Republique, in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 29,
2015. More than 140 world leaders are gathering around Paris for high-stakes
climate talks that start Monday, and activists are holding marches and
protests around the world to urge them to reach a strong agreement to slow
global warming. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Policemen fight with activists during a protest ahead of the 2015 Paris
Climate Conference at the place de la Republique, in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 29,
2015. More than 140 world leaders are gathering around Paris for high-stakes
climate talks that start Monday, and activists are holding marches and
protests around the world to urge them to reach a strong agreement to slow
global warming. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Note: Photos, tweets and videos have been added to the original story.

Crowds gathered in the French capital on Sunday to attend a global march for
the climate, despite the ban on gatherings enforced by French authorities.
When one of the groups charged a police cordon, tear gas was deployed to
push them back.

"Huge amounts" of tear gas were fired at protesters near Place de la
Republique in central Paris, according to witnesses' reports on Twitter,
with objects flying in the direction of security forces.

The march, which was set to take place in dozens of cities around the world,
was restricted in the French capital falling under the ban on gatherings
introduced after the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris.

La Republique metro station, closest to the scene, has been closed by
authorities, citing security measures. The riot police repeatedly attempted
to push back the activists, spraying the crowds with tear gas. Ahead of the
summit, 24 green activists were put under house arrest, with police saying
they were suspected of planning violent protests, according to Reuters.
Around 100 people were detained as a result of the scuffles, AP reported
citing police.

While it was initially expected that some 400,000 people would gather in
Paris ahead of UN climate change talks taking place at Le Bourget outside
the capital, hundreds of activists took to the streets despite the emergency
measures.

Protesters first formed a human chain, and then around 200 activists, some
wearing masks, clashed with police on a street leading to the square,
Reuters reported.

Earlier in the day, people opted for more peaceful ways to be heard by
politicians at the climate talks. While some were holding hands standing on
sidewalks in central Paris, some activists brought their shoes to the Place
de la Republique and hundreds of pairs appeared at the square.

When the scuffles erupted, some of those shoes were thrown at police,
witnesses said on social media.

The important environmental meeting in Paris, known as COP21, will be
attended by nearly 150 world leaders and about 22,000 other officials.
During the two-week event, participants, including the world's top three
carbon-emitting countries (US, China and India), will attempt to reach a
global deal on cutting carbon emissions to limit climate change and keep
average global temperatures from rising 2 degrees Celsius. State leaders
have expressed hope for progress, after most countries submitted pledges and
measures to reduce their own CO2 emissions. But the UN, which seeks to
impose top-down targets, has opposed the voluntary moves. - - - - - - - - -
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-Activists-human-chain-in-Paris-AFP-e1448815204208.jpg> Description: COP 21
Climate Activists human chain in Paris AFP

Human chains have been formed across cities in France on November 29, 2015,
protesting against global warming (AFP Photo/Romain Lafabregue)

Agencie France Presse reports
<http://news.yahoo.com/climate-activists-form-human-chain-near-paris-attack-
150157719.html>    Thousands of climate activists linked hands Sunday near
the site of the deadliest of the November 13 Paris attacks, pleading for
leaders to curb global warming on the eve of a UN summit. People of all ages
joined in a human chain stretching for two kilometres (1.2 miles) along a
wind-blown Boulevard Voltaire in eastern Paris, the first organised
demonstration since the bombing and shooting assault claimed by the Islamic
State group that killed 130 people. Out of respect for the dead, they left a
100-metre (300-foot) gap in front of a makeshift flower and candle memorial
set up outside the Bataclan concert hall where 90 people lost their lives.
Riot police deployed to guard the area, with armed officers fanning out in
front of the massacre site. "Hear our voices! We are here!" cried the
demonstrators ahead of the 195-nation UN summit, which aims to reach the
first truly global accord to limit greenhouse emissions and avert a global
climate disaster. "For a climate of peace", read banners held by the
protesters. More tweets not included in the original story

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