Mauna Kea protesters arrested in Hawaii

12 protesters have been arrested on Mauna Kea in Hawaii following a 7 hour stand off against the contruction of what will be one of the world's largest telescopes.

The protesters were arrested this Wednesday 24th June after preventing workers from accessing a construction site on what locals say is land sacred to Native Hawaiians.

Construction on the $1.4 billion Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) was meant to continue today, but the protesters and the arrests have halted the workers from accessing the site, and so they turned around.

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