Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained at a pro-Palestinian rally in the Danish capital Copenhagen on Wednesday, local media reported, citing protest organizers.
Thunberg, 21, who already has a history of being dragged from various demonstrations by police in several countries, was part of a group occupying a University of Copenhagen administration building.
Protesters from the ‘Students Against the Occupation’ group called for an academic boycott of Israeli universities. In a statement on Instagram before the protest action, the group said that “while the situation in Palestine only gets worse, the University of Copenhagen continues cooperation with academic institutions in Israel,” which prompted them to act.
A total of six people were detained during the rally out of a total of around 20 protesters, a police spokesperson told AFP. He declined to identify those who were arrested, but a spokesperson for the student group said Thunberg was among them.
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Re: Good for her...agree...Thunderbergs Are Go! (nm)
I love Greta but I do love that nickname she got from the climate deniers.
Still, more power to her. She's on the right side of history and out there on the front lines. I thought this was an odd phrasing:
Thunberg, 21, who already has a history of being dragged from various demonstrations by police in several countries...
That's like the worst interview answer ever. So what do you like to do when you're not at work?....Well.......no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.
on September 4, 2024, 9:03 pm