Ralph Taaviri (14 October 1954 – 29 April 2023) was a

French Polynesia French Polynesia ( ; ; ) is an overseas collectivity of France and its sole #Governance, overseas country. It comprises 121 geographically dispersed islands and atolls stretching over more than in the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean. The t ...

n trade unionist, independence activist and environmentalist. He was an activist in the Tāvini Huiraʻatira party and a co-founder of environmental NGO Faatura te rahu a te Atua. Taaviri was from

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. In 1995, following the resumption of nuclear testing by French colonial authorities, he was one of a number of trade unionists abducted and tortured by French police. He died after falling while hunting in the Punaruu valley in April 2023.

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