Greta Thunberg was forcibly removed by swedish police blocked the entrance parliament Day 2 with dozens of others climate change activist.
Thunberg was picked up by two people as she took part in a sit-in protest against „political inaction“ over the spiraling climate crisis. police officer He was then dragged away from the Capitol.
Officers left her on the ground about 20 meters from the door she had been blocking. Reuters report.
It was the second day of protests, after Thunberg and about 40 other climate activists staged a similar demonstration on Monday.
Activists held placards reading „Climate Justice Now“ and sat in front of at least two entrances to the 349-seat Riksdagen, including the main entrance.
According to local media, Swedish parliamentarians were forced to use a different entrance to avoid demonstrators.
„For decades, the climate justice movement has been repeating the same message over and over again like a broken record. We feel like our voices aren't being heard,“ Thun said. Berry told The Associated Press.
Activists left in the afternoon but gathered again at the gate on Tuesday morning, urging police action.
Greta Thunberg (third from left) and other protesters block the entrance to the Swedish parliament during a climate change protest in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday.
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The 21-year-old climate activist launched her campaign in front of the Swedish Parliament in 2018. Thunberg has since become a global youth movement, and she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019.
This week's protests were announced by the EU Environment Agency First ever continent-wide assessment He cited the risks of the climate crisis and warned member states to prepare for its „catastrophic“ effects.
The report warns that, with pessimistic predictions of warming trends, „heatwaves could kill hundreds of thousands of people and economic losses from coastal flooding alone could exceed €1 trillion a year“. did.
This is the latest protest in which Ms Thunberg was taken away by police at a demonstration in London last year. Leads to a violation of public order and morals.
A British court last month acquitted her of obstructing entry to a major oil conference after a judge ruled there was not enough evidence to convict.
This article was amended on the date of publication. A previous version said Thunberg won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, but although she has been nominated several times, she has never won the award.