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EXPLAINED: France to shut down climate ngo after protest violence | Rare Historical Photos

France will officially dissolve the Soulevements de la Terre (Uprisings of the Earth) coalition. © Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS / AFP

Paris (AFP) – French authorities are expected shortly to issue a decree shutting down a climate activist group after demonstrators clashed with police over a controversial irrigation project that left one man in a coma.

Government spokesman Olivier Veran accused the Uprisings of the Earth (SLT) coalition of encouraging the violence at the March protests near Sainte-Soline in western France, where authorities said around 30 officers were also injured.

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