The prosecutor indicated on the first day of the trial against her in the British capital for disorderly conduct. “She said she was staying where she was and that’s why she was arrested,” prosecutor Luke Staton testified.
The protest occurred in October of last year
The environmentalist21 years old, appeared before Westminster Magistrates’ Court today, in the center of London. Thunberg, dressed in a gray t-shirt and black pants, nor hid a mocking smile when prosecutor Staton explained that the defendants had demonstrated just when the main players in the oil and gas sector were going to “discuss and debate” how to develop “sustainable solutions” for energy, according to the news agency. AFP.
Upon arrival at courtthe prosecuted activists were received by their supporters from environmental organizations. In a first hearing in November, before another London court, he had pleaded not guilty.
The arrest of Greta Thunberg
Thunberg was arrested on October 17 for disobeying a police order not to block the street. where a protest against the Energy Intelligence Forum (Energy Intelligence Forum in English), in a hotel in the London neighborhood of Mayfair, where they attended directors of the main oil and gas companies.
“Behind these closed doors (…), “Unscrupulous politicians make agreements and pacts with lobbyists for the destructive fossil fuel sector.”, Thunberg declared back then, before she was arrested and taken away in a police van.
He was later released under judicial supervision and the next day participated in another protest in front of the same hotel.
The environmental activists who are also part of the protests like Greta Thunberg
That day, environmental activists greeted conference participants with cries of “Shame on you!” and with posters criticizing the authorization to exploit the controversial Rosebank oil field in the North Sea.
Thunberg, who gained global notoriety with her “school climate strikes” that began when she was 15, faces a fine of up to 2,500 pounds ($3,172) for the actions she is accused of. In addition, a total of 26 people, including her, are being prosecuted for the same reason. They were all arrested during that demonstration.
Greenpeace militant came out to accompany and support Greta Thunberg
For its part, Maja Darlington, Greenpeace UK activistsaid that the activists were being tried “for peacefully protesting”, while the oil executives were “celebrating making billions from the sale of climate-destroying fossil fuels.”
Since then, the british government granted numerous oil and gas exploration permits, to reinforce the country’s energy independence, one of thePrime Minister Rishi Sunak’s priorities.
Various measures of the British Executive sparked outrage among environmental organizations, which They filed legal appeals and increased their actions, such as the Just Stop Oil movement, whose activists often organize peaceful marches in London.
Source: Ambito
