Radical inexperienced activist Greta Thunberg was arrested by police at The Hague on Saturday throughout an Extinction Rebellion protest over inaction on the supposed ‘climate crisis’.
Thunberg, 21, was among the many first to be arrested as Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists blockaded the Zuid Hollandlaan street within the metropolis centre of The Hague.
The distinguished youth activist mentioned that her arrest was carried out with out concern and added according to Dutch public broadcaster NOS: “But that’s not what it’s about, I’m right here for the local weather objective.
“It has been promised to take action for decades. That doesn’t happen. We’ll see if it works now.”
Swedish local weather activist Greta Thunberg (C) is arrested throughout a local weather march towards fossil subsidies close to the freeway A12 within the Hague, on April 6, 2024. Dozens of cops, some on horseback, blocked protesters from reaching the A12 arterial freeway into the Dutch seaside metropolis, the scene of earlier actions organised by the Extinction Rebellion (XR) group (Photo by Ramon van Flymen / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by RAMON VAN FLYMEN/ANP/AFP by way of Getty Images)
Extinction Rebellion, a world activist collective recognized for its use of disruptive techniques similar to glueing themselves to roads in main European metropolis centres, has been protesting the neo-liberal Dutch authorities for months over claims that its progressive local weather change insurance policies haven’t gone far sufficient whereas demanding an finish to subsidies for fossil fuels.
Thunberg, who rose to worldwide consideration in 2018 after skipping faculty to stage weekly protests outdoors of the Swedish Parliament, has been arrested a number of instances at local weather protests.
Swedish local weather activist Greta Thunberg (C) takes half in a march in direction of the A12 for a freeway blockade, in The Hague, on April 6, 2024. Thunberg is current as a result of new worldwide actions towards fossil subsidies shall be introduced through the motion (Photo by Ramon van Flymen / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by RAMON VAN FLYMEN/ANP/AFP by way of Getty Images)
Last yr, the inexperienced activist was arrested outdoors of an oil and fuel convention in London. In February, a British choose ruled that she didn’t break the regulation by ignoring a police order to cease blockading the doorway to the convention.
Thunberg has additionally been fined a number of instances in her native Sweden for blocking visitors.
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