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Matthew Chattle / Barcroft Images / Barcroft Media via Getty Images(LONDON) — Over 300 climate change activists have been arrested during three days of demonstrations in London.
Protesters have been attempting to disrupt transportation in the city, including gluing themselves to trains and blocking off a major intersection at Waterloo Bridge.
The action is being led by the radical Extinction Rebellion group with the aim of moving governments worldwide to “take decisive action on the climate and ecological emergency.”
On Monday, police imposed a 24-hour “condition” on Waterloo Bridge and Oxford Circus, two of London’s busiest locations, to prevent protesters from gathering, but videos published on the Extinction Rebellion Twitter page show protests are still going strong.
The videos show activists singing and dancing, as well as some being dragged away and arrested by police.
What are the police doing?
“This is a human rights issue. You should not be arresting us. What are you doing? Why are you doing it? Long live Extinction Rebellion!”
The corporations destroying the earth reside here. Let us act in solidarity.#InternationalRebellion pic.twitter.com/t5MoNgbolu
— Extinction Rebellion