2023-10-18 15:32:44
Updated Wednesday, October 18, 2023 – 15:32
The activist is on conditional release until November 15, when she will appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is arrested by police officers in London.Kin CheungAPClimate crisis Greta Thunberg, arrested in London in a protest against the oil industry
Environmental activist Greta Thunberg has been formally charged with public disorder following her participation in a protest in London. against the fossil fuel industryas reported this Wednesday by the London Metropolitan Police (Met).
The Swedish environmentalist is one of the 26 people charged by Scotland Yard for his involvement in the protest event organized yesterday, called by the organization Fossil Free London (London Free of Fossil Fuels) at the doors of a hotel near the central park of Hyde Park, in which CEOs of energy companies with occasion of the Energy Intelligence Forum.
In a statement released today, the Met confirmed that Thunberg, residing at an address in Dorset (England), has been charged with “failing to comply with a condition imposed under section 14 of the Public Order Act” and, together with other people, “be released on parole” until next November 15when appearing before Westminster Magistrates’ Court (London).
According to the Police, with other activists, Thunberg obstruct the public way after the demonstration while the energy forum took place in the rooms of the InterContinental hotel with the presence of executives from some of the world’s leading companies such as Aramco, BP or Cepsa.
Apparently, the officers asked the gathered activists to get off the road and onto the sidewalks, which would have allowed them, according to the police version, continue with the protest.
The Police also explained that “conditions” were imposed on those gathered in order to “avoid disturbances to the public”.
During Tuesday’s protest, Thunberg, from 20 toaddressed the assembled media and called for “eradicating” the economic benefits generated by fossil fuel industries.
He also denounced how “people from all over the world they are dying and suffering from the consequences of the crisis caused by these industries”.
During the event, the television cameras They captured how London Police officers detained her and other protesters.
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