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Riots in New Caledonia: several Caledonian activists imprisoned in mainland France
Riots in New Caledonia: several Caledonian activists imprisoned in mainland France
(franceinfo)
The arrests and transfers of 7 New Caledonian activists to France have reignited tensions in New Caledonia. Clashes and fires are in full swing in Nouméa and on the islands, which have been spared until now.
Around Nouméa, in New Caledonia, rioters hold the roadblocks and continue to confront the police. Anger is brewing after the transfer of seven independence activists last weekend to the mainland prisons, 17,000 km from their loved ones. A decision taken by the courts to prevent these prisoners from being grouped together in the only two prisons in New Caledonia.
These transfers are legal from a legal point of view, but they conflict with the principle of the privacy of detainees. A particularly sensitive measure in New Caledonia. On the ground, violence is spreading. It is now reaching the rest of the territory and even the islands which were until then preserved. The damage is considerable, like in a nursery school.
