Copenhagen climate summit:

Demonstrators arrested

Wasantha Ramanayake in Copenhagen

Demonstrations and arrests continued on Sunday as the UN Climate Summit in the Danish capital entered into its second week, while Environment Ministers started arriving in the city.

Climate Action Justice Organization alleged that Danish Police had arrested nearly 50 demonstrators near the harbour. The organization added that they had been charged and arrested by Police without any provocation. "Police charged violently at the crowd and began arrests, forcing people to sit on the ground in two degree temperature while cuffed. The scenes seem to be an exact repetition of the human rights violations from yesterday," the group stated in a media release.

Five helicopters were seen hovering above the city's sky yesterday.

Media quoting Danish Police reported yesterday that almost all detainees arrested during demonstrations Saturday had been released except for a few. The organization on Saturday accused that Danish police had arrested a large number of demonstrators in violation of their rights including more than 100 of their activists at a mass demonstration rally in the capital on Saturday.

The organization in a media release stated that nearly 100 activists were handcuffed, seated on the road in extremely cold near zero temperature.

Police stated that they were arrested as they wore masks which were illegal at a demonstration in Denmark.

The demonstrations were organized to mark the Global Day of Climate Action urging the world leaders to come to an agreement to tackle the climate change, which fell on Saturday.