In New Caledonia, Colonial Repression Continues – Regards.fr

A year after the riots of May 2024, New Caledonia remains marked by exceptional repression. Militarization, mass arrests and violations of freedoms revive the wounds of the colonial past never closed. Along provincial road Nouméa 1 and the south of the island, traffic has been completely reopened since February 2025. For seven months, concrete blocks, armoured mobile gendarmerie, several off-road vehicles and trucks, barred access to the St. Lou…