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Greta Thunberg says France is targeting climate activists

Swedish climate activist's comments came after French government shut down the environmental activist group Les Soulèvements de la Terre on the grounds that it was provoking armed protests or violent actions.

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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has said that campaigners were being "systemically targeted with repression" in France, where she attending a finance summit, reports Channel NewsAsia

"We are seeing extremely worrying developments where activists all over the world are experiencing increased repressions just for fighting for our present and our future," the 20-year-old Thunberg said.

"For example, here in France just the other day," she added.

Read more of this report from Channel NewsAsia.