Dutch authorities have arrested a prominent Swede Climate activist Greta Thunbergalong with several Extinction Rebellion protesters, after they occupied a highway in The Hague.
Thunberg and Extinction Rebellion members They were seen waiting on a bus, while police arrested more people. The protest was against fossil fuel subsidies.
Dozens of police officers, including officers on horses, were seen preventing protesters from reaching the A12 motorway leading to Parliament in The Hague.
The group's activists banned Highway more than 30 times Previously in protest against support. A small group of people managed to sit on another road and were arrested after ignoring police orders to leave.
Protests against fossil fuel subsidies
The demonstrators waved and chanted: “We cannot be stopped, another world is possible.”
“It is important to demonstrate today because we are living in a planetary emergency,” Thunberg told AFP. She added: “We must do everything to avoid this crisis and save human lives.”
When asked if she was worried about being arrested, Thunberg said: “Why should I be?”
Extinction Rebellion said it would continue to organize protests until the Dutch government stops using public funds to support the oil and gas industry.
“Meanwhile, the environmental crisis continues to rage The outgoing government in the country “Pretends we have all the time in the world, when the crisis is here right now,” Extinction Rebellion said in a statement posted on X’s website.
The protest was part of a plan to put pressure on the Dutch government ahead of a planned debate on fossil fuel subsidies in June.
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In February, Thunberg, 21, was acquitted of murder Public order offense by a London court Due to a protest at the oil and gas conference in October.
In January, she was arrested along with other activists during protests against the demolition of the building German coal village Lützerath. Thunberg rose to fame in 2018 when she began organizing weekly protests outside the Swedish Parliament.
She has been repeatedly fined in Sweden and the United Kingdom for civil disobedience in connection with protests.
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