Thunberg was arrested outside the InterContinental London Park Lane hotel during the"Oily Money Out" protest organized by Fossil Free London and Greenpeace. The demonstration was held on the first day of the Energy Intelligence Forum.
"We need direct action to take back the power from the oil elite that has gathered here today behind closed doors. Their only plan is to profit at our expense," Nuri Syed Corser, an organizer with Fossil Free London, said in a statement. "Arrests like these will not deter us. Our right to protest is our own, it is not given to us by the Government," they added.
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