- Title: BRAZIL: UNITED NATIONS OFFICERS ARREST PROTESTERS AT A "SIT-IN"
- Date: 11th June 1992
- Summary: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (JUNE 11, 1992) 1. GVS DEMONSTRATORS CHANTING OUTSIDE U.N. CONFERENCE BUILDING AND BEING DRAGGED AWAY (7 SHOTS) 0.30 2. SV PAN WOMAN BEING DRAGGED AWAY, SPEAKING (ENGLISH) 0.37 3. GV MAN BEING DRAGGED AWAY 0.44 4. GV SECURITY MEN PUSHING JOURNALISTS AWAY AND CLOSING DOORS 0.52 5. GV THREE DEMONSTRATORS ON GROUND 0.58 TRANSCRIPT, SEQUENCE 2 (FEMALE DEMONSTRATOR:)"WE WERE JUST HAVING A PRESS CONFERENCE WE WERE NOT DEMONSTRATING, THIS IS HOW THE YOUTH ARE TREATED HERE." Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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- Location: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
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- Country: Brazil
- Reuters ID: LVAENGATBKF5FE9FFJBL0F547PD3
- Story Text: United Nations (U.N.) security officers arrested members of a peaceful "sit-in" at the site of the U.N. Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday (June 11).
As Wagaki Mwangi, of the youth delegation to the Earth Summit, delivered her speech at the plenary hall, a demonstration began outside in protest against the alleged failings of the summit.
In her speech, Mwangi called the summit a farce and criticised the United States' position on the issues of climate change and biodiversity.
After her speech, Mwangi walked out to join the rest of the protesters. Soon afterwards, members of U.N. security police arrested and dragged some of the demonstrators away into an "access-restricted" area, barred from the press.
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