'Block Friday': French activists bar access to Amazon depot


Environmental activists blocking an Amazon centre in Bretigny-sur-Orge on Nov 28, 2019, to protest against the company's labour policies and impact on climate change. — AFP

Brétigny-sur-Orge, France: Dozens of activists blocked an Amazon distribution centre outside Paris on Thursday to protest the environmental damage they say is caused by rampant consumerism during "Black Friday" sales.

Between 50 and 100 activists from the Non-Violent Action COP21 and Friends of the Earth groups used bales of hay and human chains to block the Amazon depot in Bretigny-sur-Orge, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of Paris, according to AFP journalists at the scene.

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