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Greenpeace gives Lula fireman outfit to fight Amazon blazes
- 2008-09-03
BRASILIA AFP — A group of Greenpeace activists gave Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a fireman's outfit Wednesday in a symbolic request asking him to do more to combat forest fires in the Amazon. The members of the environmental organization had to leave the suit with security...
Greenpeace says protest led Hong Kong to detain waste
- 2008-06-15
HONG KONG AFP — Three containers with suspected toxic electronic waste from the United States were detained by Hong Kong inspectors after environmental activists boarded a cargo ship, a campaigner said Sunday. The activists from Greenpeace placed a giant banner across three containers that said "Toxic Waste Not Welcomed...
Green activists take stand over tuna fishing at Brussels expo
- 2008-04-23
BRUSSELS AFP — Greenpeace activists stopped five tuna suppliers from selling their wares at a major trade fair in Brussels Wednesday by covering their stands with fishing nets, according to an AFP reporter. Around a dozen environmental activists also chained up the stands, at the European Seafood Exposition, and...
Activists tackle tuna fishers in Pacific
- 2008-04-22
SYDNEY AFP — Ship-borne activists said Tuesday they had targeted fishing boats from South Korea, Taiwan and the United States in high-seas protests against the "plundering" of tuna in the Pacific. In the latest confrontation, crew from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza boarded a Taiwanese boat, the Nian Sheng 3,...
Greenpeace activists protest new nuclear plant for Rio
- 2008-03-24
RIO DE JANEIRO AFP — Greenpeace activists set up lines of toilet seats with radioactive symbols on them in Rio de Janeiro Monday to protest the "waste" of public funds for the construction of a new nuclear power plant. Around 20 protesters stood over the toilet installation in front...
Steamroller protest outside US embassy in Vienna over GM corn
- 2008-03-20
VIENNA AFP — Around 30 environmental activists used a steamroller to crush corn outside the US embassy in Vienna Thursday to protest alleged US pressure on Austria to accept genetically modified corn. "Greenpeace is protesting the Bush administration's threat to impose prohibitive taxes on Austrian imports if Vienna continues...
Activists vow to carry on disrupting Japanese whaling
- 2008-01-17
SYDNEY AFP — A militant anti-whaling group vowed Friday to immediately resume harassing Japanese whalers as two of its activists were returned to their protest ship after being detained on board a harpoon vessel. The two protesters, held aboard the Japanese whaler in Antarctic waters for two days, were...
Environmentalists seal off EU building in fish quota demo
- 2007-12-17
BRUSSELS AFP — Around 200 environmental activists used barriers and concrete blocks to seal off entrances to a main European Union building in Brussels early Monday to protest over-fishing in European waters. Yellow banners marked: "Shut down until fish stocks recover" were posted by Greenpeace members near the seven...
Greenpeace members end Czech power plant protest
- 2007-12-07
PRAGUE AFP — Greenpeace activists Friday ended a two-day protest on top of the chimney of the biggest thermal power plant in the Czech Republic, which they say is the country's biggest polluter. "We succeeded in attracting attention about the links between the biggest Czech thermal plant which emits...
Greenpeace protesters block coal shipment at Spanish port
- 2007-11-14
TARRAGONA, Spain AFP — Activists from the environmental group Greenpeace on Wednesday blocked a shipment of coal at a port in northeastern Spain in a protest over climate change. Police arrested six protesters along with four journalists and press photographers in Greenpeace's motorised inflatable boats, near the South Korean...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Guiraud | Vice President |
| Claude Perret | Director, HR |
| Denis Hiault | Director, Info |
| Jean-Pierre Vignolle | Director General |
| Jocelyne Bulke | Assistant Director |
| Michel Tourmen | Director, Finance |
| Yves de Saint Jacob | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications |
| Luke Hunt | |
| Michael Mainville | Correspondent |
| Dan Jung | Multimedia Editor |
| Peter Wutherich | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications | Current |
Luke Hunt has worked as a journalist for 20 years, primarily with Agence France-Presse, and is a routine contributor to World Politics Review. In addition to covering the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East. He served as AFP bureau chief in Phnom Penh and Kabul. Currently based in Hong Kong, Hunt's work has appeared in many international newspapers and on international networks including CNN, the BBC and ABC in his native Australia. He has an academic background in military studies and economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Correspondent | Current |
| Global Radio News Ltd. | Current | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Moscow-Based Freelance Correspondent | Former |
| The Gazette | Reporter | Former |
| The Prague Post | Reporter | Former |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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