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French nuclear tests in Polynesia: Decades later, victims seek justice

French nuclear tests in Polynesia: Decades later, victims seek justice

Update: 2025-07-10
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Exactly 40 years ago, a Greenpeace ship called the Rainbow Warrior was bombed in New Zealand, killing a photographer on board. It later emerged that the attack was carried out by France's foreign intelligence agency, the DGSE. Its aim was to stop the boat from disrupting nuclear tests being carried out off the coast of French Polynesia. Decades on from that testing, a parliamentary inquiry committee has been set up to investigate what France did to the region and the impact on victims. FRANCE 24's David Gilberg, Chloé Bach Chaouch and Jonathan Walsh report, with Lauren Bain.

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French nuclear tests in Polynesia: Decades later, victims seek justice

French nuclear tests in Polynesia: Decades later, victims seek justice

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