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CAEN, Calvados (Reuters) - Two to three months suspended prison sentence was claimed on Wednesday before the Criminal Court of Caen (Calvados) against seven militants Antinuclear tried for last month blocked a train carrying radioactive waste.
Aged 22 to 35 years, seven members of Ganvié (group of non-violent actions ANA) were accused of "interference with rail traffic" and for some, for being chained to the tracks.
They face each six months' imprisonment and 3,750 euro fine.
On November 5, they had blocked the road to Caen, where a convoy traveling from radioactive waste from La Hague (Manche) and for Germany.
The prosecutor, Catherine Denis, has claimed two month suspended prison sentence against six young men, and three months suspended for a seventh who had refused a DNA sample. (Ganvié note: this is a refusal of fingerprinting and photography)
She also requested a fine of 3,000 euros against the five youths who were shackled and 2,000 euros for two young women whose role was to raise the alarm.
The ruling was reserved on January 26, 2011.
A gathering of opponents of nuclear power was held in front of the courthouse Caen (Calvados) before the trial. The
militants are supported by many organizations including Greenpeace and the League of Human Rights as well as by elected Greens in several regions.
Stéphane Viard, Ganvié member, said at a news conference that his group was satisfied with this action but that it "deplored three seriously injured due to the lack of police professionalism."
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injuries to the tendons of the hands were incurred during the disengagement activists on track hampered by steel sleeves. The
GANVIE complaint for "aggravated violence by persons vested with public authority."
The complaint was dismissed by the Attorney Catherine Denis, who said that "the police have completed their mission was to stop the offense in order to protect individuals."
Among the witnesses called by the defense, Jean-Baptiste Libouban, 75, former head of L'Arche communities from 1990 to 2005, railed against the conditions of extrication activists who in his eyes "focused affect the physical integrity of these people. "
In a courtroom supporting the cause of anti-nuclear, applause erupted when he said he hoped that "one day Caen, there will be another memorial to celebrate these young people. "
firms Areva and SNCF have brought a civil party. The first called for each of the defendants one euro in damages for" anxiety a campaign "to against the nuclear society. The second application 40,058.19 euros due to the disruption of traffic related to this action.
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