French police shoot dead two Kanaks in New Caledonian …
WEB3 days ago · French police have shot and killed two men in New Caledonia, stoking tensions with pro-independence groups days ahead of a public holiday marking France’s annexation of the Pacific archipelago. The pro-independence FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front) decried the deaths yesterday as “barbaric and humiliating methods” used ...
2 killed in restive New Caledonia during a French police operation
WEB3 days ago · Seven of them, including Christian Tein, a Kanak leader of the pro-independence movement known as The Field Action Coordination Unit, were flown 17,000 kilometers (10,500 miles) away to mainland France for pretrial detention.. The charges that they face include complicity in attempted murder, organized theft with a weapon, organized destruction of private property while endangering people, and ...
Two Kanak people killed by France police operation in New …
WEB2 days ago · A Kanak woman told French News, “ [A]t 11 pm, there were the first gunshots [and] it then continued all night.”. The police confiscated the rifles of Kanak people, and the Kanak people shot at the French police. The police returned fire, killing two men. The police high commissioner of New Caledonia said the police “followed the standard ...
Kanaky New Caledonia: French authorities must uphold rights of …
WEBMay 17, 2024 · In protest at the constitutional change, violent unrest erupted in the capital Nouméa leaving at least 5 people dead so far – three Indigenous Kanaky and two police officers. French president Emmanuel Macron declared a State of Emergency in the archipelago on Wednesday.
Two Kanaks shot dead by French police in New Caledonia decried …
WEB3 days ago · The shootings bring the number of deaths in the Pacific territory to 13 since unrest began in May over French government changes to a voting law that indigenous Kanak people feared would ...
New Caledonia Indigenous independence leader transferred to …
WEBJun 24, 2024 · New Caledonia’s public prosecutor says a pro-independence leader in the French Pacific territory has been transferred to a jail in mainland France to await trial for his alleged role in a recent deadly unrest.
New Caledonia: Why this French island in the Pacific is roiled by ... - CNN
WEBMay 15, 2024 · The violence is the latest outburst of political tensions that have simmered for years and pitted the island’s largely pro-independence indigenous Kanak communities — who have long chafed against...
New Caledonia: France lifts state of emergency in effort to allow ...
WEBMay 27, 2024 · The leader of a pro-independence party in New Caledonia on Saturday called on supporters to “remain mobilized” across the French Pacific archipelago and “maintain resistance” against the Paris government’s efforts to impose electoral reforms that the Indigenous Kanak people fear would further marginalize them.
Pacific NGO alliance condemns France for 'betrayal of the Kanaky people …
WEBMay 21, 2024 · An alliance of over two dozen Pacific non-government organisations has condemned France for what they say is a "betrayal" of New Caledonia's Kanak population.
New Caledonia unrest: Kanak people want end to oppression - RNZ
WEBMay 22, 2024 · Dozens of people rallied outside the French Embassy in Wellington this afternoon after civil unrest in New Caledonia. The capital, Nouméa, descended into chaos last Monday with armed clashes between indigenous Kanak pro-independence protesters and security forces.
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