Greta Thunberg, a climate activist from Sweden, was arrested twice on Saturday during a protest against fossil fuel subsidies in The Hague.
She was taken into custody after tensions between police officers and protesters grew.
Thunberg was placed on a bus with other protesters, and she was immediately removed from the scene.
The activists were planning on blocking the A12 highway for a 37th time as part of Extinction Rebellion, an organization that aims to fight against the harmful effects of fossil fuels.
They were protesting against the Dutch government’ subsidies and tax concessions for companies that are linked to fossil fuels.
Several of the protesters were detained for a brief period before they were released.
In previous demonstrations, law enforcers would drive protesters away and let them stay at another location. Thunberg then joined the others in an attempt to stop traffic on a road near a railway station.
Some of the protesters held signs that said “This Is a dead end street,” while others chanted slogans such as “We are unstoppable.”
Thunberg was then taken away by the police. Before her arrest, she said the world was in a climate emergency, and she would not allow people to become refugees.
Thunberg noted that the world is in a climate emergency and warned that people would be forced to become refugees if the government does not take action to address the issue.
Local officials did not comment on the individual cases of the protesters who were arrested.
According to the local police in The Hague, all of the people who were arrested during the protest were charged with violating the law as they were blocking a highway.
It’s believed that around a hundred people were involved in the movement.
Since 2018, Thunberg has been one of the leading figures in a global youth movement that aims to fight against environmental crises and climate change.
She has been arrested numerous times for protesting. At the UN Climate Change Conference in 2019, she criticized world leaders for failing to address the issue.