LONDON, United Kingdom - UK police on Wednesday charged Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg with a public order offence, following her detention at a protest outside an annual gathering of energy industry figures in London.
Thunberg was charged with"failing to comply with a condition" imposed under Britain's Public Order Act dealing with public assemblies and released on bail.Thunberg was on Tuesday taken away by two police officers and put into the back of a police van outside the Energy Intelligence Forum, after joining a mass protest there.
Prior to her arrest, Thunberg criticised"closed door" agreements struck between politicians and representatives of the oil and gas industry. "The protestors were asked to move from the road onto the pavement, which would enable them to continue with their demonstration without breaching the conditions," a police statement said.
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