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Elokapina marches move toward Finnish Parliament in continued protest
Environmental movement Elokapina resumed its protests in Helsinki on Tuesday, launching two separate marches from opposite parts of the city. Both processions are headed toward Parliament House as the group maintains pressure on the government to end subsidies it views as environmentally damaging. One march began at Dallapénpuisto, proceeding down Mäkelänkatu. At the same time, a parallel protest set off from Senate Square. The routes had been s…
According to Juho Eerola (PS), the chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee, the citizens' initiative to ban the Elokapina movement is not among the first on the agenda, but it will not go unaddressed.
The Elokapina Tuesday demonstration has been ordered to end by police. The police have arrested protesters who did not comply with the order to leave. The police have removed the protesters from Mannerheimintie. According to the Helsinki police, traffic is flowing again at the intersection of Mannerheimintie and Simonkatu. The police arrested the Elokapina protesters who did not comply with the police order to leave. According to the police, the…
Climate activists have blocked traffic outside the Forum shopping center. Police have arrested several protesters.
181 environmental activists held during protest in Helsinki
Police detained at least 181 protesters during a demonstration organised by environmental group Elokapina (Extinction Rebellion Finland) in Helsinki on Monday, police said. Several hundreds of protesters bearing various banners and festoons participated in the demonstration to press home their demands for stopping excessive logging, protecting biodiversity and reducing funding in anti-environment projects, said the demonstrators. They gathered f…
Elokapina began a series of protests in Helsinki.
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