What Happened: Greta Thunberg and other activists were arrested for protesting at the University of Copenhagen, demanding an academic boycott of Israeli universities.
What you need to know: Climate activist Greta Thunberg and several others were arrested on Wednesday after staging a protest at a University of Copenhagen building, calling for an academic boycott of Israeli universities.
Photographs from the daily Ekstra Bladet showed the 21-year-old Thunberg, wearing a black-and-white keffiyeh shawl, being escorted out of the building by police. Thunberg also shared images on Instagram showing riot police entering the building where the protest was taking place.
Also: The group behind the protest, “Students against the Occupation,” organized the demonstration to advocate for the boycott, and their actions led to the arrest of the participants.