Mass rally organised
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 20 2019:
Youths Forum for Protection of Human Rights organised a mass rally cum youth's meeting on Global Friday for Future Campaign on Climate in connection with Global Week for Future September 20-27 at Thau Ground Friday.
North East Students' Organisation secretary general Sinam Prakash flagged off the mass rally from Thau Ground.
The rally culminated at Lamyanba Shanglen.
Fridays for Future is a movement that began in August 2018, after a 15-year-old Greta Thunberg sat in front of the Swedish Parliament every school day for three weeks, to protest against the lack of action on climate crisis.
On September 8, Greta decided to continue the strike every Friday until the Swedish policies provided a safe pathway well under 2-degree C, ie in line with the Paris Agreement.
Climate strike spreads and many students and adults began to protest outside of their Parliaments and local city halls all over the world.
The strike also inspired the Belgium Thursday school strike.