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Extinction Rebellion: Arrests at Sydney and Amsterdam protests | |
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Dozens of Extinction Rebellion activists have been arrested as protests take place across the globe. | Dozens of Extinction Rebellion activists have been arrested as protests take place across the globe. |
Thirty people were charged with committing offences in Sydney after hundreds blocked a road, while activists surrounded a government building in Wellington, New Zealand. | Thirty people were charged with committing offences in Sydney after hundreds blocked a road, while activists surrounded a government building in Wellington, New Zealand. |
Fifty people were detained in Amsterdam for erecting a tent on a main road. | Fifty people were detained in Amsterdam for erecting a tent on a main road. |
Protests by climate change activists are expected in some 60 cities over the next two weeks. | Protests by climate change activists are expected in some 60 cities over the next two weeks. |
The group is also causing disruption in London, where more than 20 people were arrested on Monday morning. | |
Extinction Rebellion wants governments to take immediate and drastic action to address climate change. | |
"We have tried petitions, lobbying and marches, and now time is running out," Australian activist Jane Morton told the AFP news agency. | |
"We have no choice but to rebel until our government declares a climate and ecological emergency and takes the action that is required to save us." | |
Australia's government has been criticised for its lack of action in tackling climate change but it insists that it is doing its part to reduce global carbon emissions. | |
Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said last week that names and photos of Extinction Rebellion protesters should be widely distributed to "shame" them. | |
What's been happening and where? | |
More than 20 activists have already been detained in London, with organisers vowing to shut down key sites in the city including the Houses of Parliament and Trafalgar Square. | More than 20 activists have already been detained in London, with organisers vowing to shut down key sites in the city including the Houses of Parliament and Trafalgar Square. |
Similar protests in the UK earlier this year brought major disruption to London and resulted in more than 1,100 arrests. | |
Protests are expected to spread across dozens of cities, including Delhi and New York, in the days and weeks ahead as activists call for urgent environmental action. | |
What is Extinction Rebellion? | |
Extinction Rebellion (XR for short) wants governments to declare a "climate and ecological emergency" and take immediate action to address climate change. | |
It describes itself as an international "non-violent civil disobedience activist movement". | |
Extinction Rebellion was launched in the UK in 2018 and says it now has groups willing to take action in dozens of countries. | |
The group uses an hourglass inside a circle as its logo to represent time running out for many species. | |
What are its aims? | |
In the UK, Extinction Rebellion has three main demands: |