Climate activist Greta Thunberg, along with several others, was apprehended by police in The Hague on Saturday. The authorities took action to clear protesters who had obstructed a road in the Dutch city.
Greta Thunberg sat in a bus used by the police to transport detained demonstrators from a protest against Dutch subsidies and tax breaks given to companies associated with the fossil fuel industry. She was seen flashing a victory sign.
The Extinction Rebellion campaign group had planned to block a main highway into The Hague for their demonstration. However, their initial attempt was thwarted by a strong police presence, which included officers on horseback, preventing the activists from accessing the road.
Ignoring police orders to leave, a small group of individuals defiantly sat down on a different road and were subsequently detained.
Activists from Extinction Rebellion have staged over 30 blockades on the highway passing by the temporary residence of the Dutch parliament, as a means to protest against the subsidies.
Flags were waved and chants filled the air: “We are unstoppable, another world is possible.”
A banner was held by one person that read: “This street leads to nowhere.”
Greta Thunberg, 21, was cleared of charges in February by a London court. The charges were related to her refusal to comply with a police order to vacate a protest that was obstructing the entrance to a significant oil and gas industry conference held last year.
Since she started staging weekly protests outside the Swedish parliament in 2018, her activism has sparked a global youth movement that calls for more robust action to combat climate change.
She has faced multiple fines in Sweden and the U.K. for her acts of civil disobedience during protests.
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