Members of Greenpeace held a ceremony Saturday to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the deadly bombing of the Rainbow Warrior. Secret agents working for the French government blew up the ship in a harbor in Auckland, New Zealand. A photographer named Fernando Pereira died in the bombing. At the time, Greenpeace was leading campaigns against French nuclear testing in the Pacific. Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo said Greenpeace is now building a new Rainbow Warrior ship.

Kumi Naidoo: “This new Rainbow Warrior continues the rich traditions of resistance to environmental crime by Greenpeace and allows us to continue to fight for environmental justice and to avert catastrophic climate change and to secure this planet for our children and grandchildren.”