Her position on the Middle East conflict had recently brought her severe criticism. Because of climate protests, she is now standing before a court in London together with other activists.
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg appeared at a court hearing in London on Wednesday. Together with others, she has to answer for disturbing public order. The 20-year-old was temporarily arrested in mid-October when she and other climate activists refused to follow police orders during a protest.
Several people were charged because of the protest in front of a hotel in central London against a meeting of energy managers. The activists accused oil and gas companies of delaying the switch to renewable energy for their own profit. Shortly after her arrest, Thunberg demonstrated again in London, in the financial district of Canary Wharf.
On Wednesday, Thunberg appeared at the courthouse surrounded by cameras. A dozen demonstrators from Greenpeace and the Fossil Free London group had gathered on site. They called for an end to the exploitation of fossil fuels. For example, posters read “Make Polluters Pay.”
Thunberg recently came into discussion because of her position in the Middle East conflict. She showed up at a Fridays for Future climate demonstration in Amsterdam with a Palestinian scarf and emphasized that the climate movement must support the voices of the oppressed. Another participant jumped on stage and shouted: “I came here for a climate demonstration, not to hear political views.” There was initially no sign of this in London. She did not respond to a reporter’s question in London about whether she had harmed her cause by supporting Palestine.
Source: Stern

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