The climate activist Greta Thunberg She was arrested this Tuesday after she participated in a demonstration in Helsinki (Finland) that was preceded by a speech by the young Swedish figure in the fight against climate change, the Finnish news agency STT reported.

Between 1,000 and 2,000 people participated in the march, according to police data collected by STT. After the demonstration ended, there were still “hundreds of people” grouped together despite the authorities giving the order for them to leave, according to police sources cited by said media.

“The activists They did not obey the order to leave” and “the Police began to make arrests,” as Heikki Porola, head of the Helsinki Police, explained to STT. On the occasion of the call, Thunberg took the floor to warn about the climate crisis in a speech in front of the Parliament headquarters. Finnish.

In her speech, the Swedish activist, among other things, regretted that the message of climate activism does not receive enough attention. “No matter how loud we scream, they don’t hear us“said Thunberg. The Helsinki demonstration was organized by Elokapina, the Finnish branch of the climate activist organization ‘Extinction Rebellion’.