Greta Thunberg and a group of activists were arrested on Wednesday, September 4, after occupying a building at the University of Copenhagen to call for a boycott of Israeli universities, Danish media reported. The 21-year-old environmental activist appears in daily footage Extra Bladet She was wearing a black and white keffiyeh over her shoulders and was escorted out of the building by police.
Greta Thunberg, meanwhile, posted photos on Instagram of riot police entering a building where the Students Against the Occupation group was demonstrating.
“I cannot confirm the names of those arrested, but six people were arrested in connection with the demonstration.a Copenhagen police spokesman told Agence France-Presse (AFP). It is suspected that they forced their way into the building and blocked it. »
“As the situation in Palestine deteriorates, the University of Copenhagen continues to cooperate with academic institutions in Israel”the group Students Against the Occupation denounced in a message on Instagram. “We occupy” the facilities “from the central administration of the university with a request: immediate academic boycott”.
Pro-Palestinian movements have been setting up camps at universities in the United States and Europe since the spring to protest the bombing of Gaza and the occupation of Palestinian territories.
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