"Freedom of movement for people instead of oil tankers": Climate activists force stop shipping traffic on the Rhine
8/11/2023, 8:25:17 AM
Highlights: On the Rhine near Basel, men and women demonstrated against the transport of fuel. Some of them rappelled down from the Three Roses Bridge. The Swiss police observed the action to ensure that no one was harmed, a spokesman for the cantonal police told the Swiss news agency Keystone-SDA. According to the report, around ten people were involved in the protests against the Transport of fuel on theRhine. The action was in support of the 'No to oil' campaign.
On the Rhine near Basel, men and women demonstrated against the transport of fuel. Some of them rappelled down from the Three Roses Bridge. The cantonal police are observing the action, but did not intervene.
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Climate activists rappel down from a bridge on the Rhine in Basel
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Climate activists have stopped shipping traffic on the Rhine near Basel. The Swiss police observed the action to ensure that no one was harmed, a spokesman for the cantonal police told the Swiss news agency Keystone-SDA.
According to the report, around ten people were involved in the protests against the transport of fuel on the Rhine. According to Keystone-SDA, six of them abseiled down from the Dreirosenbrücke in the center of Basel in the morning and attached a banner with the inscription "Freedom of movement for people instead of oil tankers" as well as a stop signal, as the site 20 Minuten reports.
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