US EditionGreta Thunberg arrested at a protest supporting Palestine Action hunger strikers
- On December 22, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg was arrested after joining a demonstration supporting Palestine Action hunger strikers outside Aspen Insurance at Plantation Place, London.
- Organisers said the action aimed to show solidarity with Prisoners for Palestine hunger-strikers and un-proscribe Palestine Action, targeting Aspen Insurance for its services to Elbit Systems.
- Video shows Thunberg holding a placard reading I support Palestine Action prisoners while two activists sprayed red paint, used hammers, and locked-on before specialist officers intervened.
- City of London Police said the 22-year-old was arrested under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 for displaying a placard supporting a proscribed organisation, while a man and a woman were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.
- Since November 2nd, several Prisoners for Palestine hunger strikers have required hospital treatment, including Amu Gib, 30, and Kamran Ahmed, 28, who have gone 53 and 45 days without food respectively.
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She is said to have supported the terrorist organization »Palestine Action« with a sign. British cops have therefore arrested Greta Thunberg. The ban on the group is controversial in the UK.
Greta Thunberg Arrested at London Protest
Greta Thunberg was arrested in central London on Tuesday while supporting pro-Palestinian activists who are staging a hunger strike. The protest group Prisoners for Palestine shared a video showing the 22-year-old Swede, renowned for her environmental activism, holding a sign supporting the hunger strikers and their organization Palestine Action, per...
Greta Thunberg has been arrested again this Tuesday in London (United Kingdom), on this occasion for carrying a banner supporting Palestinian Action activists (Palestine Action), an organization banned last summer as a terrorist group by the British Government. The arrest took place during a protest outside the offices of the insurance company Aspen Insurance in the British capital, where the 22-year-old Swedish activist ran a poster saying: “I …
Members of the banned group Palestine Action protested in London, including Swedish activist Thunberg. The 22-year-old and other demonstrators were arrested by the police.
The climate and Gaza activist displayed a poster at a protest in London supporting a banned organization.
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