#EarthDay: More than 1000 activists arrested at London climate-change protests

Published Apr 22, 2019

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London - The number of environmental

campaigners arrested during eight days of direct action in

London topped 1 000 on Monday, police said, adding that Waterloo

Bridge, one of the sites blockaded by the protests, had

re-opened to traffic.

Climate group Extinction Rebellion has targeted sites in

central London, such as Oxford Circus and Parliament Square, in

a campaign of non-violent civil disobedience with the aim of

stopping what it calls a global climate crisis.

Police said 1,065 people had been arrested in connection

with the protests, and they had charged 53 with offences

including obstructing the highway.

Oxford Circus and Parliament Square were re-opened to

traffic on Sunday, they said, while Waterloo Bridge was cleared

overnight.

Police had appealed to activists to move to Marble Arch,

where they are allowing protests to continue.

Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg

addressed crowds at Marble Arch on Sunday, urging them to never

give up their campaign to save the planet.

Reuters

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