Greta Thunberg arrested in Copenhagen during protest to boycott Israeli universities

Greta Thunberg and a group of activists were arrested on Wednesday, September 4, after occupying a building at the University of Copenhagen to call for a boycott of Israeli universities, Danish media reported. The 21-year-old environmental activist appears in the daily’s footage Extra Magazine wearing a black and white keffiyeh on her shoulders, escorted out of the building by police.

Greta Thunberg, for her part, posted photos on Instagram of riot police entering a building where the group Students Against the Occupation was demonstrating.

“I cannot confirm the names of those arrested but six people have been arrested in connection with the demonstration.a Copenhagen police spokesman told Agence France-Presse (AFP). They are suspected of having forced entry to the building and blocking it.”

“While the situation in Palestine deteriorates, the University of Copenhagen continues to cooperate with academic institutions in Israel”denounced the group Students Against the Occupation in a message on Instagram. “We occupy” the premises “from the central administration of the university with a demand: an academic boycott immediately”.

Pro-Palestinian movements have set up camps at universities in the United States and Europe since the spring to protest the bombing of Gaza and the occupation of Palestinian territories.