UK police charge Greta Thunberg after climate protest arrest

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LONDON: UK police on Wednesday charged Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg with a public order offense, following her detention at a protest outside an annual gathering of energy industry figures in London.

The 20-year-old activist — a key face of the movement to fight climate change — was among 26 people charged by the capital's Metropolitan Police, after she was held at Tuesday's demonstration.Thunberg was charged with 'failing to comply with a condition' imposed under Britain's Public Order Act dealing with public assemblies. She was released on bail and is due back in court on November 15.

It followed the court convicting her for having resisted arrest during a July protest that blocked traffic.'Unacceptable' Climate protesters, meanwhile, on Wednesday staged a demonstration outside the offices of Total Energies UK in London.Josie, an organizer with Fossil Free London, told AFP the company was 'funding the East African Crude Oil Pipeline' and that their CEO had been at the meeting of energy industry figures where Thunberg was detained.

 

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