The environmental protest group is listed alongside National Action and Islamic extremists in a guide by anti-terror police.
Extinction Rebellion said:"How dare they? Children up and down the country are desperately fighting for a future.
"Teachers, grandparents, nurses have been trying their best with loving nonviolence to get politicians and big business to do something about the dire state of our planet.Detective Chief Superintendent Kath Barnes, the head of CTPSE, said:"I would like to make it quite clear that we do not classify Extinction Rebellion as an extremist organisation.
"The inclusion of Extinction Rebellion in this document was an error of judgement and we will now be reviewing all of the contents as a result."Extinction Rebellion, which describes itself on its website"as an international movement that uses non-violent civil disobedience in an attempt to halt mass extinction and minimise the risk of social collapse" has held climate change protests across the globe.
Most recently, its activists joined thousands of Australians in a demonstration in Sydney at a lack of government action on climate change amid the bushfire crisis.in October, which shut down key areas of the capital, including Westminster, The City and London City Airport.
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