Watch: Greta Thunberg detained twice at climate demonstration in the Netherlands

Greta Thunberg, who was put on a bus by police, became the face of young climate activists around the world after weekly protests in Sweden in 2018. Photo: Ramon van Flumen/Shutterstock Greta Thunberg gestures from a bus after being detained in The Hague Photo: Peter Dejong/AP

Extinction Before the rally protest Rebellion said activists would block the main road leading into The Hague, but a heavy police presence, including officers on horseback, initially prevented them from taking to the road.

A small group then managed to sit down. on another road and its members were detained after ignoring police orders to leave.

Extinction Rebellion activists have blocked the A12 motorway, which passes the temporary home of the Dutch parliament, more than 30 times to protest against subsidies.< /p>

Demonstrators waved flags and chanted: “We are unstoppable, another world is possible.”

“The A12 blockade ensured that the injustice of fossil subsidies was clear to all,” said Jost Tuck, a spokesman for Extinction. Rebellion, before the protest. “The success of the A12 blockade launched an international movement.”

During previous protests, police took detained protesters to another part of the city, where they were released. Local police were not available for comment on Saturday.

Ms Thunberg became the face of young climate activists around the world after organizing weekly protests outside the Swedish parliament in 2018.

She has been detained repeatedly , including Germany, Norway, Sweden and the UK.