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Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior

The sinking of Rainbow Warrior, codenamed Opération Satanique, was an act of French state terrorism. Described as a "covert operation" by the "action" branch of the French foreign intelligence agency, the Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE), the terrorist attack was carried out on 10 July 1985. During the operation, two operatives (both French citizens) sank the flagship of the Greenpeace fleet, Rainbow Warrior, at the Port of Auckland on her way to a protest against a planned French nuclear test in Moruroa. Fernando Pereira, a photographer, drowned on the sinking ship. Read more on Wikipedia

Their biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior is the 334th most popular social activist (up from 350th in 2019). (up from 2,636th in 2019)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior ranks 334 out of 840. Before them are Klara Zamenhof, Marie Popelin, Natalya Estemirova, Allan Octavian Hume, Franca Viola, and Cut Nyak Dhien. After them are Miriam Rodríguez Martínez, Russell Means, Mirzo Tursunzoda, Karl Ludwig Sand, Pavel Pestel, and Joseph von Sonnenfels.