THE HAGUE (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg was among dozens of people detained by police in The Hague on Saturday as they cleared protesters who were partially blocking a street in the Dutch city.
Thunberg was seen flashing a victory sign as she boarded a bus used by police to transport detained protesters from the site of a demonstration against Dutch subsidies and tax breaks to companies linked to fossil fuel industries.
The Extinction Rebellion campaign group had said before the demonstration that activists would block a main highway in The Hague, but a heavy police presence, including officers on horseback, initially prevented activists from taking to the street.
A small group of people managed to sit on another road and were taken into custody after ignoring police orders to leave.
Extinction Rebellion activists have blocked the highway that passes near the temporary home of the Dutch parliament more than 30 times to protest the subsidies.
Protesters waved flags and chanted: "We are invincible, another world is possible."
One held a banner that read: "This road is closed."
In February, Thunberg, 21, was acquitted by a London court of refusing to obey police orders to leave a protest that blocked the entrance to a major oil and gas industry conference last year. Had done it.
His activism since starting weekly protests outside the Swedish Parliament in 2018 has inspired a global youth movement calling for stronger efforts to fight climate change.
He has been repeatedly fined in Sweden and the UK for civil disobedience in relation to protests. (AP)
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Thunberg was seen flashing a victory sign as she boarded a bus used by police to transport detained protesters from the site of a demonstration against Dutch subsidies and tax breaks to companies linked to fossil fuel industries.
The Extinction Rebellion campaign group had said before the demonstration that activists would block a main highway in The Hague, but a heavy police presence, including officers on horseback, initially prevented activists from taking to the street.
A small group of people managed to sit on another road and were taken into custody after ignoring police orders to leave.
Extinction Rebellion activists have blocked the highway that passes near the temporary home of the Dutch parliament more than 30 times to protest the subsidies.
Protesters waved flags and chanted: "We are invincible, another world is possible."
One held a banner that read: "This road is closed."
In February, Thunberg, 21, was acquitted by a London court of refusing to obey police orders to leave a protest that blocked the entrance to a major oil and gas industry conference last year. Had done it.
His activism since starting weekly protests outside the Swedish Parliament in 2018 has inspired a global youth movement calling for stronger efforts to fight climate change.
He has been repeatedly fined in Sweden and the UK for civil disobedience in relation to protests. (AP)
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