21-year-old Greta Thunberg becomes the voice of young climate activists
Stockholm:
Swedish police on Wednesday again forcibly removed Greta Thunberg and other climate activists who were blocking the entrance to parliament, using police cars to drive them away for the second time this week.
On Monday, Thunberg and dozens of other environmentalists began blocking the main entrance to Sweden’s parliament in a sit-in to protest the effects of climate change and what they said was political inaction.
Police did not initially intervene but dispersed demonstrators when protests resumed Tuesday morning.
Thunberg, 21, began holding weekly protests in front of Sweden’s parliament in 2018 and soon grew into a global youth movement, holding large rallies on every continent and becoming the face of young climate activists.
Stockholm police said that although activists had the right to demonstrate outside the National Assembly, they were evicted for blocking the entrance.
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