Extinction Rebellion activists arrested outside oil conference
by Mattha Busby and Matthew Taylor from Environment | The Guardian on (#4A0MD)
Protesters glued themselves to windows of central London hotel hosting industry event
Nine activists from the environmental group Extinction Rebellion have been arrested after they glued themselves to the front of a central London hotel to demand that the petroleum industry end its "deeply immoral" behaviour in driving climate change.
Specialist police officers spent about two hours unsticking the protesters from windows next to the entrance of the InterContinental Park Lane hotel in Mayfair, which was hosting an oil and gas industry conference.
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