00:00We support the 100 states!
00:03When do we want this?
00:05Now!
00:06No more, blah, blah, blah!
00:15London's streets echo with anger and urgency,
00:19a familiar face now at the center of a new protest storm.
00:23Climate activist Greta Thunberg has stepped into Britain's most controversial political battle yet,
00:29demanding freedom for pro-Palestinian hunger strikers behind bars.
00:34On Monday, Thunberg joined dozens of demonstrators outside central London,
00:39showing solidarity with eight Palestine action activists currently held in British prisons.
00:45The group has been on hunger strike since November 2nd, protesting their continued detention
00:51and the UK government's decision to outlaw Palestine action earlier this year.
00:59According to the prisoner-led group Prisoners for Palestine,
01:05the hunger strike is taking a severe toll.
01:08Six detainees have now been hospitalized as their protest enters its second month,
01:13raising serious concerns over their health and treatment in custody.
01:18Protesters argue the detainees were arrested before Palestine action was officially prescribed in July.
01:25They say the accused could spend more than a year behind bars before their trials even begin,
01:32a situation campaigners call unjust and punitive.
01:36Greta Thunberg's presence has drawn international attention.
01:40Once known solely for climate activism,
01:42the Swedish campaigner has increasingly linked environmental justice with human rights,
01:48including her outspoken support for Palestinian causes.
01:52Born in Sweden in 2003, Thunberg rose to global prominence as a teenager
01:58after launching the School Strike for Climate movement.
02:01Her Fridays for Future campaign mobilized millions worldwide
02:05and reshaped climate politics across continents.
02:09In recent months, Thunberg has widened her focus.
02:12She joined a Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla,
02:16criticized Israel's blockade,
02:18and now stands with detainees accused of supporting direct action against Israeli-linked targets.
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