Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested during a climate march against fossil subsidies near the highway A12 in The Hague. Photograph: Ramon Van Flymen/Getty ImagesMs Thunberg was seen flashing a victory sign as she sat in a bus used by police to take detained demonstrators from the scene of a protest against Dutch subsidies and tax breaks to companies linked to fossil fuel industries.
The Extinction Rebellion campaign group said before the demonstration that the activists would block a main road into The Hague, but a heavy police presence, including officers on horseback, initially prevented the activists from getting on to the road. A small group of people managed to sit down on another road and were detained after ignoring police orders to leave.Extinction Rebellion activists have blocked the road that runs past the temporary home of the Dutch parliament more than 30 times to protest against the subsidies.One held a banner reading: “This is a dead end street.”
In February, Ms Thunberg was acquitted by a court in London of refusing to follow a police order to leave a protest blocking the entrance to a big oil and gas industry conference last year. Her activism has inspired a global youth movement demanding stronger efforts to fight climate change since she began staging weekly protests outside the Swedish parliament in 2018.The lessons from where turf extraction has endedRTÉ executives spend over €175,000 on corporate credit cardsLATEST STORIESMax Verstappen takes pole at Japan GP for third year in a row