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September 20, 2018

Germany: Journalist Dies While Covering Hambach Forest Occupation
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In Germany, a journalist has died while covering the eviction of
protesters from the Hambach Forest. For the past six years activists
have occupied the forest in an attempt to stop the planned expansion of
a nearby open-pit coal mine. But over the past two weeks German police
have been clearing the protest encampment-evicting activists from their
treehouses. The journalist died after falling from a bridge connecting
two treehouses. On Sunday, nine environmental activists were injured as
police tried to remove them from the treehouses.


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