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Climate Action Protest in Belgium Ends with Mass Arrests
Unlike protests earlier this year in Europe, no aircraft were damaged
climate activists from Eco-protesters try to enter the secure area of Antwerp-Deurne Airport

Belgian police successfully stopped climate activists from a group called Code Red from occupying the runways at several airports during their “mass action against aviation” on December 16 and 17, preventing possible damage to business aviation aircraft using the airfields. Several hundred protesters were arrested, according to local media.

Code Red, a civil disobedience group, organized protests at Antwerp, Kortrijk, and Liege airports last weekend as part of their #PeopleNotFlights campaign, which denounces the aviation sector as “a polluting industry that disrespects human rights and whose growth seems unstoppable.”