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Created by the Ministry of the Interior to protect farmers, the Demeter gendarmerie cell has just been dissolved following a court decision. This follows the complaint made by the association for the defense of animal welfare L214, which accused the cell of infringing freedom of expression.
Created two years ago by the Ministry of the Interior, the Demeter gendarmerie unit dedicated to the defense of the agricultural world has been dissolved, following a decision by the Paris administrative court. Demeter is accused of having increased police custody in environmental and animal defense circles.
This decision follows the complaint of the association for the defense of animal welfare L214, which accused the cell of infringing freedom of expression, with surveillance and intimidation of associations. An environmental activist whom the 12/13 teams had met two years ago recounts how he had been summoned for trespassing, after the broadcast of a subject on a giant greenhouse in Corrèze which he considered harmful to the environment. . The Ministry of the Interior has promised to better specify the missions of Demeter in the future.