They were arrested at dawn on Monday morning. Eight activists from the Nice branch of Greenpeace and the association ANV Nice (Non-violent action - Cop21) were taken into police custody for "degradations". They participated, as two weeks ago, in "activities to display messages against air pollution in the city," reports the ecological NGO, denouncing an arrest "unacceptable and scandalous".
The night of January 5 to 6, stencilled inscriptions or via stickers on street furniture alerted the "polluted city". “#We want to breathe”, “Air! "," Stop diesel ", they were also written, also on the front of the permanence" friends of the mayor ". Christian Estrosi had announced his desire to file a complaint before withdrawing. There were no arrests this time.
"Growing methods of intimidation"
"This police custody is unacceptable and scandalous," condemned Sarah Fayolle, transport campaign manager for Greenpeace France, according to whom "it symbolizes hostility and growing methods of intimidation towards militants, particularly visible in Nice in recent times. weeks ".
According to the association, the volunteers arrested intervened "as part of a national campaign by Greenpeace France to ask candidates for municipal elections to take action against air pollution linked to road traffic".
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