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How many people will die before you stop sending people like me to prison?

This afternoon, at Highbury Magistrates court, another Just Stop Oil supporter has been remanded to prison for up to 6 months, for slow marching in London.  Phoebe Plummer, 22, appeared before Judge McDonnell and was remanded to prison for marching on the streets of London at Earls court.  Phoebe was charged with a Public Order […]

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“We won’t let them get away with mass murder for the sake of greed”

This morning, at Highbury Magistrates court, a Just Stop Oil supporter was remanded to prison after slow marching in London.  Chiara Sarti, 24, a PhD student at the University of Cambridge, appeared before Judge McDonnell and was remanded to prison for marching on the streets of London at Earls court. She marched and was arrested

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Over 300 arrests since October 30th: Civil resistance continues in the face of a criminally insane government

As experts call out the “insanity” of oil producing nation’s plans to blow the remaining carbon budget twice over,  Just Stop Oil supporters have continued their campaign of peacefully marching in the streets of London to demand an end to new oil and gas.  This week 186 arrests were made at three marches on Monday,

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” Prosecute the real climate criminals” : Three Just Stop Oil supporters remanded to prison for slow marching

This morning, at Westminster Magistrates Court,  a Just Stop Oil supporter was remanded to prison after slow marching in London, marking the first time that a basic act of protest has become imprisonable.  Sam Griffiths, 48, a father and designer from Walthamstow, appeared before Judge Goldspring and was remanded to prison for a minimum of

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Solicitor General’s prosecution of Trudi Warner for holding sign sparks mass public resistance

More than 250 to replicate her action on Monday as civil society, legal and mental health professionals rally round Public and civil society to defy Solicitor General’s attempt to deter sign holding outside court If Michael Tomlinson KC, the Solicitor General, hoped that prosecuting Trudi Warner, a 68 year old retired social worker from Walthamstow,

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Breaking: Dozens more people risk prison for literally upholding the law

On Monday 17 July, a group of approximately 20 people will risk prison by holding signs outside Isleworth Crown Court. Their signs communicate the centuries-old right of all jurors in British courtrooms to acquit a defendant according to their conscience and irrespective of the directions of the judge. The show of resistance from the group

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