Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, was carried away by German police on Friday after she refused to leave the Hambach Forest.
The forest has been occupied by protesters for the past six weeks in an effort to stop a coal mine from being built there. Thunberg had been camping in the forest with a group of other activists since Wednesday.
On Friday, police announced that they would be clearing the forest and asked all of the protesters to leave. Thunberg refused and was carried away by four officers. This is not the first time that Thunberg has been arrested for protesting.
In August, she was arrested while protesting outside of the White House. She has also protested at the United Nations Climate Change Conference and at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Thunberg has become one of the most prominent voices in the fight against climate change.
She began her activism by skipping school every Friday to protest outside of the Swedish parliament. She has since given speeches at international conferences and rallies. In September, she was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for her work on behalf of climate change awareness.
Christina Laila of The Gateway Pundit reported:
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Sunday protested against the expansion of a coal mine in Lützerath, Germany.
Greta Thunberg has today been protesting against the expansion of a coal mine in Germany.
But the very reason Germany is forced to expand the coal mine in the first place is because they listened to Greta and built useless wind turbines instead of nuclear power.
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— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) January 15, 2023
German police carried Thunberg away from the protest after she refused to comply with requests to vacate the area.
#GretaThunberg e eco-gretini portati via dalla polizia tedesca durante le proteste contro la miniera di carbone di #Lutzerath.
pic.twitter.com/iKGKZOeFkF— Francesca Totolo (@fratotolo2) January 15, 2023
Politico reported:
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg was removed Sunday by police along with other protesters as they demonstrated against the razing of the German village of Lützerath for the expansion of a coal mine.
Thunberg did not comply with a police request to leave the area, prompting officers to physically escort her away, German media outlet Bild reported. Thunberg was among a group of activists still at the site on Sunday, the newspaper said.
Climate activists have been squatting in the village in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia for more than two years to protest its demolition to accommodate an extension of the Garzweiler coal mine.
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