Police in Norway detained environmental activist Greta Thunberg during a demonstration for indigenous rights.
After her appearance at a march in Germany in January against the construction of a coal mine, the Swedish activist has been photographed being dragged away by police twice in the past two months.
Following today’s protest in Oslo, Greta and the other participants were briefly detained before being released. She was holding a red, blue, yellow, and green Sámi flag.
The demonstrators were calling for the removal of wind turbines from reindeer pastures on land belonging to the Sámi, an indigenous group living in central and northern Norway, Sweden and Finland, as well as parts of Russia.
Supporters say the transition to green energy should not come at the expense of Sámi rights.
In 2021, Norway’s supreme court ruled that two wind farms at Fosen, near Trondheim, violated the indigenous people’s rights under international conventions.
However, the turbines remain in operation 16 months later.
Reindeer herders say the sight and sound of the giant machinery frighten their animals.
In recent days, Greta joined protestors blocking access to some government buildings.
The increased focus on the issue led the energy minister Terje Aasland decided to call off an official visit to the UK.
In an interview with Reuters yesterday, Greta said: ‘Indigenous rights, human rights, must go hand-in-hand with climate protection and climate action.
‘That can’t happen at the expense of some people. Then it is not climate justice.’
The images of the 20-year-old being lifted by police echoed January’s protest at Luetzerath, near Dusseldorf.
Demonstrators gathered at the abandoned German village to try and prevent the expansion of the Garzweiler coal mine by energy company RWE.