France: Government Dissolves Environmental Group

Click to expand Image Mobile riot gendarmes policing a protest against the construction of a new water reserve for agricultural irrigation in Sainte-Soline, France on March 25, 2023. © 2023 Ugo Amez/SIPA/AP Images (Paris) - French officials' decision to dissolve an environmental group appears wholly disproportionate in violation of France's obligations under international law, Human Rights Watch said today. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed on June 21, 2023, the dissolution of Collect...