{"id":651130,"date":"2025-12-23T21:15:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T21:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/651130\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T21:15:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T21:15:23","slug":"greta-thunberg-arrested-in-london-at-pro-palestinian-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/651130\/","title":{"rendered":"Greta Thunberg Arrested in London at Pro-Palestinian Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Climate activist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/greta-thunberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greta Thunberg<\/a> was arrested Tuesday in London while supporting pro-Palestinian activists in British prisons staging a hunger strike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Prisoners for Palestine, the protest group, released a video showing the 22-year-old Swede holding a sign saying: &#8220;I support Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide,&#8221; referring to the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She was later released on bail, the group said on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/greta-thunbergs-flotilla-bombarded-abba-music-radios-hijacked-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>GRETA THUNBERG\u2019S FLOTILLA BOMBARDED WITH ABBA MUSIC AFTER RADIOS HIJACKED: REPORT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/greta-thunberg-london-protest-001.jpg\" alt=\"Greta Thunberg arrested in London\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Greta Thunberg sits in front of offices of Aspen Insurance in London during a protest to support the Palestine Action prisoners on hunger strike. (Prisoners for Palestine via AP)<\/p>\n<p>The protest was in support of the group on hunger strike, Palestine Action, which has been banned in Britain as a terrorist organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The protests were part of a larger demonstration in which two other activists sprayed red paint in front of an insurance company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/united-kingdom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in London<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prisoners for Palestine says they targeted the insurer because it supports the Israel-linked defense firm Elbit Systems.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/greta-thunbergs-alleged-jail-complaints-called-brazen-lies-israeli-government\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>GRETA THUNBERG&#8217;S ALLEGED JAIL COMPLAINTS CALLED &#8216;BRAZEN LIES&#8217; BY ISRAELI GOVERNMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/greta-thunberg-israel-gaza-1.jpg\" alt=\"Greta Thunberg wearing a keffeyeh\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Greta Thunberg and activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla hold a press conference in central Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 7, 2025. (TT News Agency\/Caisa Rasmussen via Reuters)<\/p>\n<p>A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage. A third woman was later arrested on suspicion of supporting a banned organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eight Palestine Action members have staged a hunger strike to protest their detention <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">without bail<\/a>. They are awaiting trial on charges related to earlier protests.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two of the members have been on hunger strike for 52 days and are at a &#8220;critical stage, where death is a real possibility,&#8221; Prisoners for Palestine said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/greta-thunberg-flotilla-abba-music-fox-news-001.jpg\" alt=\"Swedish Activist Greta Thunberg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Greta Thunberg and other activists meet with journalists in Catania, Italy, ahead of their departure for the Mideast. (AP)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year, Thunberg was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/greta-thunberg-acquitted-blocking-oil-conference-583472826d0181e2562045864e16c8af\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acquitted<\/a> by a London court of refusing to follow a police order to leave a protest that was blocking the entrance to an oil and gas industry conference.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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