Tag: Extinction Rebellion
Art museums face protective measures after protests in the media
Institutions in Germany and Sweden have reportedly taken measures to increase security, such as banning bags and jackets After a rash of widely publicized attacks by climate change protesters on iconic works of art such as Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” and Monet’s “Les Meules”, museums have begun tightening security, SVT reported on Wednesday. Some museums in […]
Almost 50 were arrested at Extinction Rebellion Finland’s demonstrations in Helsinki
The protesters stopped traffic in both directions for about three hours, According to Helsingin Sanomat. The police ordered them to disperse around 19:00 and began physically removing them from the scene 10 minutes later. Traffic on Mannerheimintie returned to normal at 8 p.m. According to the Helsinki Police Department, 46 people have been arrested for […]
Seven police are accused of using pepper spray against protesters in Helsinki
A total of 16 protesters received police pepper because they refused to stop traffic on Kaisaniemenkatu in Helsinki. Read more: Police suspected of beating pepper spray on protesters in the Finnish capital (9.12.2020) In the opinion of the Police Board, the use of pepper spray was justified (9.10.2020) Finnish police spray a peaceful demonstration in […]
Police who pepper spray climate activists were charged
Deputy Attorney General Jukka Rappe has indicted seven police officers against pepper spray activists in Elokapina (Extinction Rebellion’s Finnish branch) in a demonstration in the autumn of 2020. Allegations of assault and abuse are related to the use of force to move protesters. Prior to the prosecution, police had been subjected to rigorous scrutiny using […]
Danish news Round-Up: Denmark and Greenland formally sign defense agreement
At Frederiksberg Castle, Denmark and Greenland yesterday formally signed a major defense agreement, which was entered into at the beginning of last year. It obliges Denmark to spend 300 million kroner a year to support the ‘Arctic Capacity Package’, which will strengthen the military presence in and around the Arctic. It is time, as observations […]
The climate group announces the demonstrations, reports an increase in the number of members
The Finnish branch of the Extinction Rebellion environmental activist group, or Elokapina The demonstration in Finnish was held on Tuesday in front of the main entrance of the energy company Fortum’s head office in Keilaniemi, Espoo. The demonstration lasted until 11 a.m. and was attended by about 70 people. Ainomaija MikolaElokapina’s media contact told Yle […]
Passengers board the flight despite a demonstration at Extinction Rebellion Airport
Finavia said on Saturday that it had not learned that any passengers had missed the flight due to Extinction Rebellion, or Elokapina climate activists blocking security checks at Terminal 2. About 50 activists tried to block the entrance for security checks at about 3 p.m. Saturday. According to Finavia, the airport authorities will respond by […]
Friday’s newspapers: Declaration of defense, traffic problems and cunning prisoner
As Finland examines its defense options in a changed security environment, one of the biggest questions has been whether Finland will be protected from Russian invasion during a possible NATO search process. Ilta-Sanomat wrote that the United States would certainly help both Finland and Sweden through the difficulties in the forthcoming NATO search process. This […]
Greenpeace opposes Finland’s Russian coal shipments to Europe
Activists from the Finnish branch of the environmental organization Greenpeace demonstrated at Helsinki Central Station on Thursday morning and called on the country to stop promoting Russian coal exports. In a statement, the group called on the Finnish state railway company VR to stop transporting coal from the Russian border to export ports, as the […]
Police stopped the Russian coal blockade, arrested five activists
Police have lifted the blockade of Russian coal freight trains by Extinction Rebellion activists at the gate of Koverhar Harbor in Hanko, southwestern Finland. Coal was transported through Finland to Central Europe. Police said in a statement they ordered about 20 people to leave the scene on Thursday morning at about 8 a.m., adding that […]
Environmental activists are blocking the transport of Russian coal through Finland
Activists at Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion have blocked train traffic at the gate of Koverhar Harbor in Hanko in southwestern Finland on Tuesday afternoon to prevent coal from passing through Russia to Central Europe via Finland. The state-owned railway company VR previously suspended all rail traffic from Russia, but then changed its position and allowed […]
Film rebellion activists fined for police disobedience
About 22 Extinction Rebellion activists have been fined for failing to comply with police orders during a protest in the capital last summer. The activists blocked a busy street in the center of Helsinki and wanted to get the government to declare a climate and ecological emergency and bring forward Finland’s carbon neutrality target from […]
Tampere court condemned climate protesters, overturned fines
The Pirkanmaa District Court has found 12 climate activists guilty of disobedience to the police, but has rejected the prosecutor’s claim for fines. The allegations relate to a demonstration last August Elokapina a climate agency that blocked traffic in the Hämeenpuisto area of ​​Tampere. Elokapina is the Finnish branch of Extinction Rebellion’s environmental group. The […]
Police transfer charges against more than 50 climate activists to the prosecutor
Helsinki police have completed a preliminary investigation into the protest of climate activists by the Elokapina demonstration movement in October last year, when the protesters waded and glued to the entrance to the Government Castle in central Helsinki. Elokapina is the Finnish branch of Extinction Rebellion’s environmental group. In a press release released on Wednesday, […]
Helsinki courts face Extinction Rebellion, Convoy Finland congestion
Helsinki’s courts are full of cases against some 850 activists arrested in protests demanding action to combat climate change, rising petrol prices and Covid restrictions. Most of the activists were arrested during demonstrations in the Finnish branch of the Extinction Rebellion climate group in Elokapina and are accused of disobedience to the police. All cases […]
The Care Finland groups are divided into tactics, leadership and alcohol
Disagreements and internal fighting between the various factions of the Convoy Finland movement after last weekend’s protest – which temporarily closed Mannerheimintie in Helsinki and led to the arrest of about 70 people – have led to the division of the group in two, Yle understands. Conversations between protesters in the Telegram messaging app have […]
The tactic of civil disobedience divides opinions among politicians
Minister of the Interior Krista Mikkonen (Green) believes that civil disobedience is one way to influence activists, but says protesters must always take responsibility for their actions and that there is no room for violence or vandalism. Over the weekend, hundreds of protesters took part in the protests "Convoy Finland 2022" protest, blocked the main […]
Prosecutors are raising fundraising and fraud charges against the climate organization
Criminal charges have been filed against Elokapina – the Finnish branch of the global climate protest movement Extinction Rebellion – and the registered association Elonvaalijat, which supports the movement. The prosecutor said four people linked to the two organizations will be charged with fundraising. Police said they had reason to believe the group had breached […]
DocPoint 2022 goes online
DocPoint has several world premieres of major Finnish filmmakers. The festival program includes the biggest international documentaries of the year. These include Hogir Hirori‘s SABAYA, a distressing documentary about the Yezidian women enslaved by Isis, and REBELLION, an honest description of the early stages of the Extinction Rebellion movement. Maia Kenworthy and Elena Sanchez Bellot. […]
Police arrested activists while a climate protest group blocked a street in Helsinki
Climate activists blocked the main street in Helsinki on Saturday afternoon, with climate activists blocking the protest movement of Elokapina – Extinction Rebellion. Helsinki police said that the Elokapina group had not announced the protest on the Sörnäinen promenade and added that 40-50 activists were involved in the protests. Police arrested 13 protesters after the […]
COP26: African youth demand that rich nations keep promises
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – Africa is at the forefront of climate change. Nowhere is this more evident than Lake Chad, which covers almost 8% of the continent and provides for tens of millions of people. The UN says it has shrunk by 90% since the 1960s due to drought. The resulting competition for resources has caused […]
COP26: African youth demand that rich nations keep promises
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – Africa is at the forefront of climate change. Nowhere is this more evident than Lake Chad, which covers almost 8% of the continent and provides for tens of millions of people. The UN says it has shrunk by 90% since the 1960s due to drought. The resulting competition for resources has caused […]
Police arrested activists for a climate demonstration in front of Helsinki City Hall
Police have arrested 14 climate activists after a demonstration by the Finnish branch of the Extinction Rebellion in Elokapina in front of City Hall on Friday night. Police said protesters have been arrested on suspicion of disobedience to police. The protest was scheduled for the last day of a climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, […]
Glasgow will see several protests over the weekend as the climate summit continues
Glasgow [UK]November 5 (ANI / Sputnik): The organizers of the UN Climate Conference (COP26) warned participants of several environmental protests planned for Friday and Saturday in Glasgow, which will host the event. Friday, November 5: To coincide with Youth and Public Empowerment Day, an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 people are expected to leave Kelvingrove Park […]
Activists arrested during action at Copenhagen City Hall
The message prompted most to leave City Hall voluntarily, but a group was arrested. The chief of guards emphasizes that everything went quietly and peacefully. According to Ekstra Bladet, nine people were arrested. They are all released again. The activists come from the popular movement Extinction Rebellion and the group Embassy of the Species Copenhagen. […]
The association behind Extinction Rebellion Finland has funds of 20,000 euros
The details of the verdict will remain secret until the charges are brought or the investigation is completed, according to the newspaper. The first of the two suspected crimes is believed to have occurred from April 26 to June 18 and the second from September 15. Proceeds from the collections were funded by the much […]
The chairman of the Finnish Party demands that the deadline for Finland’s carbon neutrality be postponed until 2050
Purra said in a press release on Tuesday that Finland’s carbon neutrality target should be moved backwards in order to be in line with the EU’s current 2050 target. According to Purra, the EU will be dependent on fossil fuels for 30 years in its energy production. Green energy cannot replace traditional production in terms […]
Climate activists were arrested after the protest in a government building
Police have dismantled a demonstration by climate activists in the Finnish branch of the Elokapina protest movement – the environmental group Extinction Rebellion – after protesters have shackled and glued to the entrance to the government palace building in central Helsinki on Friday morning. Initially, police ordered an estimated 200 protesters to leave the area […]
Friday Magazines: Covid Rise, Climate Demonstrations and Firewood Vending Machine
Helsinki tabloid Ilta-Sanomat reviews the latest figures Covid hospitalizations in Finland and points out that at a press conference on Thursday Pasi Pohjola according to the ministry of social affairs and health, the proportion of unvaccinated coronavirus patients was hospitalized in september. "The epidemic situation has clearly deteriorated and, of course, affects unvaccinated populations and, […]
Thursday’s papers: Climate man, farmers crisis, battery charging
Protesters from the Finnish branch of the environmental group Extinction Rebellion, known as Elokapina, prevented traffic from crossing the Pitkäsilla bridge near the center of Helsinki for several hours late on Wednesday. Police said in a Twitter message that 123 of the protesters have been arrested. According to the day Helsingin sanomat newspaper, Elokapina had […]
More than 120 were arrested when police broke up a demonstration in central Helsinki
Police ordered the protesters to remove the busy bridge about an hour after the start of the protest, at 7 p.m. They decided about an hour later that the protesters were not ready to move, and decided to break up the demonstration and begin arresting the participants. “The arrests took place peacefully,” a police spokesman […]
Six Helsinki police officers are suspected of crimes from pepper spray protesters
Six Helsinki police are suspected of crimes on behalf of pepper spray protesters at a climate change demonstration in the capital last October. Three officials are suspected of assault and breach of duty, while three are suspected of the same crimes because they have chosen to pepper spray protesters who have blocked traffic for hours […]
Thursday’s newspapers: Dance ban, civil disobedience, farmers in despair
Tabloid Evening paper says that Finland’s so-called "dance ban" will remain in force until, according to the authorities, the coverage of the coronavirus exceeds 80%. Under current rules, bar and restaurant staff must ensure that each customer sits in their own seat indoors. Tabloid writes that the public is now confused as to why the […]
Thursday’s newspapers: dance ban, civil disobedience and farmers in despair
Tabloid Evening paper says that Finland’s so-called "dance ban" will remain in force until, according to the authorities, the coverage of the coronavirus exceeds 80%. Under current rules, bar and restaurant staff must ensure that each customer sits in their own seat indoors. Tabloid writes that the public is now confused as to why the […]
Police disintegrated climate change only an hour after it began
According to the latest press release, 141 people were arrested. Extinction Rebellion Finland tweeted at about 10.30 pm that the demonstration would continue outside the parliament building. A few dozen protesters remained on the scene an hour earlier Jarmo Heinonen, Senior Inspector of the Helsinki Police Department. “The idea is that no demonstration will stay […]
Climate activists will start a ten-day demonstration in central Helsinki
Climate man organized by the Finnish branch of the global environmental movement Extinction Rebellion, Elopkapina, began on Wednesday evening on Helsinki ‘s main street, Mannerheimintie. “August Rebellion” or Autumn Rebellion, calls on the Finnish government to declare a climate and environmental emergency and to create binding legislation to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025, ten years […]
Extinction Rebellion starts a 10-day demonstration today
The statement also claimed that police are prepared to disperse a demonstration if it endangers public safety or obstructs traffic. prime minister Sanna Marin has commented on the planned event, saying that citizens have the right to express their views and that he trusts that the authorities will deal with the situation properly. “Of course, […]
An insurgency leading to extinction, protesters meet in the center of Helsinki
The protesters have informed the Helsinki police of their intention to hold demonstrations in the Finnish capital against activists of the extinct rebels. Demonstrations by competitors are scheduled to begin on Wednesday. Panu Huuhtanen, a failed local election candidate who has been involved in protests against immigration and Covid restrictions, announced on Twitter that he […]
APN Podcast: Dilemmas and Air Issues in Afghanistan
This week’s podcast looks at the departure of Western countries from Afghanistan as the capital, Kabul, falls into the hands of the Taliban. Former peacekeeper Elli Flén said he disagreed with the U.S. view of the Afghanistan operation, which focused narrowly on counter-terrorism operations. "The President of the United States now says that America was […]
Monday papers: Afghanistan evacuation, climate demonstrations and late summer sun
Many newspapers published on Monday report on the situation in Afghanistan after Taliban forces took over the capital, Kabul, on Sunday. Helsingin Sanomat closely followed the rapidly changing development during the night a live blog and a series of articles below. HS writes that the Ministry for Foreign Affairs issued a press release just after […]
Climate protesters report assault on police arrest
Climate protesters arrested by the police last weekend have shown inappropriate treatment during their arrests and during their detention in the Nihtisilla Espoo and Helsinki Race Hall. Aliisa Maunula, media contact for the protest organizer Extinction Rebellion Finland (Elokapina was one of more than 100 arrested protesters and said police were angry and wanted revenge […]
The climate presentation will continue over the weekend
The climate demonstration in central Helsinki, which has begun to combat both lanes of Mannerheimintie, has continued until the second day on Friday, and protesters say they are preparing to stay still over the weekend. Demonstration by the Extinction Rebellion Finland Group (Elokapina) began on Thursday at 1 p.m. and continued throughout the night, with […]
Gallery: Extinction Rebellion activists set up camp on Mannerheimintie
Protesters have reportedly refused a police request to move the protest to a safer location. Concrete breakdown has been installed at the site to prevent accidents or damage. Protesters are urging the government to take action against the current climate crisis by declaring an environmental disaster. They have also demanded that Finland postpone the deadline […]
Climate activists exchange 110 signs for 90 signs
On the night before Monday, a large number of speed signs were replaced on the E22 past Lund – 110 turned 90. It is climate activists from something called Extinction Rebellion, who are behind the change. At the Swedish Transport Administration, the signs were replaced during the morning. The climate activists changed the signs in […]
Activists dressed as larks scattered hay in the Ministry of the Environment
About 40-50 people had turned up, and some were apparently trying to glue themselves to the floor. All were shown outside, the police inform about the action, which according to Politiken is due to the plans for the construction of approximately 2500 homes on Amager Fælled. The activists from the group Extinction Rebellion had, according […]
Climate activists on trial
About 40 climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement are brought to justice after blocking streets in central Gothenburg on two occasions. They risk a fine of around SEK 400,000. When the police demanded that the activists move, they chose to stay and had to be carried away. They are now charged with disobedience to […]
Nikita Jacob agrees to participate in the Zoom meeting with PJF
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]February 16 (ANI): Climate activist Nikita Jacob, who is involved in the controversial “Toolkit” documentary related to the farmers’ protest, has admitted that there was a Zoom meeting before Republic Day, in which Poetic Justice Foundation founder MO participated. Dhaliwal and other activist comrades including Disha Ravi. In a document that Jacob’s lawyer […]
According to the Finnish Police Board, the use of pepper spray was justified
Officials used pepper spray to spread a small group of protesters who had blocked traffic for hours sitting in the middle of a busy road and sparked a nationwide debate over police use of force. Ohisalo pondered publicly on Tuesday, which made the demonstration different enough from previous ones to justify the approach. In its […]
