Anti-nuclear activists demonstrate in front of the United States Mission to the United Nations in New York, U.S., June 19, 2017. REUTERS/Michelle Nichols
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than a dozen activists were arrested for disorderly conduct after they blocked the entrances to the United States mission to the United Nations on Monday to protest Washington's decision to boycott negotiations on a nuclear weapons ban treaty.
Chanting "U.S. join the talks, ban the bomb," the protesters sat in front of the doors for about 10 minutes before New York police moved in. Police had repeatedly warned protesters that they would be arrested if they did not disperse.
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