Monday 8 April 2024

Greta Thunberg Arrested (along with her Extinction Revolution mates :)

  • Thunberg and a group of marchers blocked a main road on Saturday 

Greta Thunberg was detained twice by Dutch police during a protest over fossil fuel in The Hague.

Two burly cops dumped the climate activist into a coach. 

The incident happened after Thunberg and a group of marchers blocked a main road in a protest organised by the Extinction Rebellion group.

She had joined hundreds of protesters on a walk down from The Hague's city centre, in the Netherlands, to the A12 arterial highway that connects the seat of the Dutch government with other cities including Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht.

Dozens of police officers, including some on horseback, blocked the group from accessing the motorway, warning that 'violence could be used' should the marchers try to get onto the road.

Greta Thunberg was detained by police officers on Saturday in the Netherlands

Greta Thunberg was detained by police officers in the Netherlands

The arrest happened after she joined a group of marchers and blocked a main road in a protest organised by the Extinction Rebellion group

The arrest happened after she joined a group of marchers and blocked a main road in a protest organised by the Extinction Rebellion group

She had joined hundreds of protesters on a walk down from The Hague's city centre, in the Netherlands

She had joined hundreds of protesters on a walk down from The Hague's city centre, in the Netherlands

They were carrying environmental group flags and placards saying 'The planet is dying!'.

The chanting protesters were then locked in a tense standoff with police who formed a wall of law enforcement.

Thunberg joined in with the chants and slogans during the protest.

'We are living in a state of planetary emergency,' Thunberg told AFP as police blocked marchers.

Some activists, however, found another route and blocked a main road close to the highway where they - including Thunberg - sat down on the tarmac.

Asked whether she was concerned about police action and arrest, Thunberg said: 'Why should I be?'

But shortly afterwards, Thunberg herself was arrested and dragged away by police to a waiting touring bus where she was detained with other activists.

A spokesman for the Public Prosecutor's Office later confirmed the protesters had been detained but later released.

Thunberg and some activists then returned and were arrested again, this time for blocking a nearby traffic intersection, and led away to a waiting police van.

After being in a stand-off with police, some of the activists found another way and blocked a main road close to the highway where they - including Thunberg - sat down on the tarmac

After being in a stand-off with police, some of the activists found another way and blocked a main road close to the highway where they - including Thunberg - sat down on the tarmac

Thunberg was then detained by police officers and taken to a coach

Thunberg was then detained by police officers and taken to a coach 

Asked whether she was concerned about police action and arrest, Thunberg said: 'Why should I be?'

Asked whether she was concerned about police action and arrest, Thunberg said: 'Why should I be?'

A spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion said: 

'The international coalition United for Climate Justice will be  organizing actions and blockades throughout Europe in the near future with 30 movements from 15 countries. 

'Yesterday there were actions and blockades in 10 countries across Europe and the number of actions will continue to increase. 

'On May 4, we will join the blockade of XR Belgium with a few hundred Dutch rebels and on the same day there will be further actions and blockades throughout Europe.' 

The Swedish climate activist shouts slogans through a megaphone during the demonstration

Greta shouts slogans through a megaphone. Hundreds of hopeful young souls, butchered by terrorists, and what does this supposed messiah for Gen Z, ‘Saint Greta of Thunberg’ herself do? Profess her support for the other side

Greta Thunberg smiles as she arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court where she is charged, along with four other activists, with a public order offence during a protest in central London last year

Greta Thunberg smiled as she arrived at Westminster Magistrates' Court where she was charged, along with four other activists, with a public order offence during a protest in central London

Thunberg makes a 'surf's up' sign alongside other activists as she arrives at court today

Thunberg alongside other activists as they arrived at court

The climate activist made the 'shaka' sign - also known as 'hang loose' - which is meant to be a gesture of friendly intent before her court appearance in November

Greta made the 'shaka' sign before her court appearance

Greta was seen laughing and smiling outside Westminster Magistrates' Court today

Greta laughing outside Westminster Magistrates' Court

The 21-year-old, from Sweden , was arrested during a demonstration near the InterContinental Hotel in Mayfair, London , on October 17

The 21-year-old, from Sweden , had been arrested during a demonstration near the InterContinental Hotel in Mayfair, London

District Judge John Law dismissed the public order charge against her at because police attempted to impose 'unlawful' conditions during the environment demonstration

District Judge John Law dismissed the charges against her

Thunberg had accused 'the people in power of not listening' to the 'voices of those who are being oppressed' in the Gaza Strip during her speech in front of tens of thousands

Thunberg accused 'the people in power of not listening' to the 'voices of those who are being oppressed' in the Gaza Strip during a speech in front of tens of thousands

Thunberg, wearing a Palestinian black and white scarf, had urged 'ceasefire now' at a climate protest in Amsterdam before a man grabbed her microphone and said, 'I've come for a climate demonstration, not a political view'

Thunberg, wearing a Palestinian black and white scarf, urged 'ceasefire now' during her speech at a climate protest in Amsterdam before a man grabbed her microphone and said, 'I've come for a climate demonstration, not a political view'

Greta Thunberg shared a photo in which she was seen holding a sign reading 'Stand with Gaza', including a stuffed octopus.

An anti-Semitic propaganda cartoon by one of Nazi Germany's most famous cartoonists Seppla (Josef Plank) - which shows Winston Churchill as an octopus in a cartoon warning of a worldwide Jewish conspiracy. The cartoon depicts an octopus with a Star of David over its head and tentacles encompassing a globe

An anti-Semitic propaganda cartoon by one of Nazi Germany's most famous cartoonists

Greta Thunberg, 21, joined protestors in Saix, wearing her Palestinian keffiyeh, where police had fired tear gas and made arrests the previous day

Greta Thunberg wearing her Palestinian keffiyeh

This visual signal of support by Thunberg for the Palestinian cause is the most recent in a number of instances since the Hamas attacks of October 7

This visual signal of support by Thunberg for the Palestinian cause is the most recent in a number of instances since the Hamas attacks of October 7

Greta Thunberg addressed tens of thousands of people wearing her Palestinian keffiyeh in November

Greta Thunberg addressed tens of thousands of people wearing her Palestinian keffiyeh


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