Activists attacked a work by Diego Velázquez valued at 83 million euros with hammer blows

Activists attacked a work by Diego Velázquez valued at 83 million euros with hammer blows

November 6, 2023 – 12:39

The protesters are part of the Just Stop Oil group, which tries to combat the granting of hydrocarbon licenses.

The museum National Gallerylocated in Londonwas the victim of a new demonstration of climate change activists. These are members of the organization Just Stop Oilwho entered the museum and they broke the glass that covered the paint The Venus of the mirror, of Diego Velazquez.

The activists who entered the museum, aged 20 and 22, carried out the demonstration dressed in organization t-shirtswhich demands the halt of new oil and gas projects to stop climate change. “Politics is failing us,” they said, before sitting on the ground. waiting to be arrested.

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Minutes later, another group of activists He was arrested after blocking the street Whitehallone of the busiest in the city in United Kingdom. The activists had laid down in the street, and had lined up along the entire block, demanding to reduce oil and gas use. In this situation, the police arrested more than 40 people.

An officer said protesters had been moved to the scene “to get them off the road,” adding: “It was for his own safety.“It’s obviously a pretty busy road.”

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