Greta Thunberg arrested at pro-Palestinian protest in London

[ad_1] LONDON — Local weather activist Greta Thunberg was arrested in London on Tuesday for holding an indication supporting pro-Palestinian campaigners on starvation strike in British prisons.

In a video shared by the Prisoners for Palestine protest group, Thunberg, 22, may be seen holding an indication studying “I assist the Palestine Motion prisoners. I oppose genocide.”

Palestine Motion, a United Kingdom-based direct motion protest group, was categorized as a terrorist group by the British authorities in July, after inflicting tens of millions of {dollars} value of harm to protection corporations.

For the reason that ban, a whole lot of individuals have been arrested nationwide for collaborating in protests in opposition to that ban, which has since been challenged on the Excessive Court docket in London.

In a video shared by Prisoners for Palestine, the group mentioned it focused the central London workplaces of Aspen Insurance coverage as a result of it gives companies to the Israeli-linked protection agency Elbit Programs.

Two activists sprayed purple paint over the entrance of the constructing earlier than police arrived and made arrests.

Requested about Thunberg's arrest by NBC Information, the Metropolis of London Police mentioned in a press release that “hammers and purple paint have been used to wreck a constructing on Fenchurch Avenue.”

“A person and a girl have been arrested on suspicion of prison injury. They glued themselves close by and specialist officers are working to launch them, and convey them into police custody,” it added.

“A short time later, a 22-year-old girl additionally attended the scene. She has been arrested for displaying an merchandise (on this case a placard) in assist of a proscribed group (on this case Palestine Motion) opposite to Part 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000.”

British police by no means launch the names of these arrested. It's only as soon as folks have been charged that their names are made public.

Final 12 months, Thunberg was cleared of a public order offense in Britain as a choose dominated police had no energy to arrest her and others at a protest in London the 12 months earlier than.

However Thunberg has been vocal in her assist for the folks of the Gaza Strip and has been detained by Israeli authorities whereas crusing on boats making an attempt to deliver a symbolic shipments of assist to the Palestinian enclave by sea.

Gaza has been beneath an Israeli naval blockade since 2007, when Hamas took energy.

Thunberg mentioned the missions have been important amid world silence on Israel’s army motion in Gaza, a lot of which was diminished to rubble throughout two years of warfare between Israel and Hamas.

Israeli forces have killed greater than 70,000 Palestinians for the reason that Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led terror assault on Israel, by which 1,200 folks have been killed and about 250 have been taken hostage.