Solidaridad tras asesinato de activista ambiental francés
Summary
Amigos de la Tierra de América Latina y el Caribe (ATALC) expresses solidarity following the death of 21-year-old activist Remi Fraisse, who was killed by explosive grenades used by French gendarmerie during a peaceful protest against the Sivens dam in Gaillac. The project is criticized for causing deforestation and the flooding of a strategic wetland, reflecting a model of land and water resource grabbing by corporations with state support.
Key insights
- The activist Remi Fraisse, aged 21, died on October 27 during a protest involving approximately 2,000 people against the construction of the Sivens dam in Gaillac, southwest France. The project is opposed because it causes the deforestation and flooding of a strategic wetland and affects local farmers.
- Remi Fraisse was hit by explosive grenades deployed by the French gendarmerie during a peaceful protest. ATALC demands that French authorities take responsibility and calls for an independent investigation to identify those materially and intellectually responsible for the killing.
- The Sivens dam project is characterized as an example of land and water resource grabbing by a small number of companies with state support, mirroring a model of dispossession seen in Latin America and the Caribbean where transnational corporations privatize life and alienate community habitats.
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- admin (2014). Solidaridad tras asesinato de activista ambiental francés. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/es/solidaridad-tras-asesinato-de-activista-ambiental-frances/
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- admin. Solidaridad tras asesinato de activista ambiental francés. Friends of the Earth International, 2014. https://www.foei.org/es/solidaridad-tras-asesinato-de-activista-ambiental-frances/.
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- {{cite press release |last1=admin |title=Solidaridad tras asesinato de activista ambiental francés |publisher=Friends of the Earth International |date=4 November 2014 |url=https://www.foei.org/es/solidaridad-tras-asesinato-de-activista-ambiental-frances/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}
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- @misc{admin2014solidaridad, author = {admin}, title = {{Solidaridad tras asesinato de activista ambiental francés}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2014}, month = nov, url = {https://www.foei.org/es/solidaridad-tras-asesinato-de-activista-ambiental-frances/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }
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