Press | Just Stop Oil
The Government’s ‘independent adviser’ on domestic extremism, Lord Walney aka former Labour Politician John Woodcock, has issued a report calling for organisations like Palestine Action and Just Stop Oil to be banned. [1] The report outlines that any group engaging in action where the maximum penalty is imprisonment should be restricted through sanctions, including removing
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Phoebe Plummer, Chiara Sarti, and Daniel Hall have been found guilty in a landmark case under Section 7 of the new Public Order Act 2023. The case concluded today with a jury decision of 11-1 at Southwark Crown Court. The Just Stop Oil supporters were tried for marching for twenty minutes to demand the UK
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Just Stop Oil supporter Lora Johnson, 38, was acquitted of criminal damage by a Jury in front of Judge Grieve at Southwark Crown Court today. She was arrested on October 14, 2022, for spraying the iconic, triangular Metropolitan Police sign with orange paint in front of New Scotland Yard during Just Stop Oil’s month of
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Two Just Stop Oil supporters have broken the glass around the Magna Carta. They are demanding the UK government commit to an emergency plan to end the extraction and burning of oil, gas and coal by 2030. [1] At around 10:40am, Reverend Dr Sue Parfitt, 82, an active Anglican priest, author, and retired psychotherapist from
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Two Just Stop Oi supporters, Margaret Reid and Eddie Whittingham, are appearing today before the Sheffield Magistrate’s court. The trial follows their disruption of the World Snooker Championship at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre last April. They interrupted the championship to call on the government to stop all new UK fossil fuel projects and to encourage UK
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Three Just Stop Oil supporters are on trial in a landmark case. They are the first to be prosecuted under Section 7 of the controversial new Public Order Act. The three took part in a twenty minute march, demanding the UK government commit to ending all licences and consents for new oil, gas and coal
A fellow member of A22, a global coalition of allied groups fighting climate collapse, Återställ Våtmarker or ‘Restore Wetlands’ has declared victory. Their two-year campaign of nonviolent civil resistance has led every party in the Swedish Parliament to stand behind their demand of restoring the country’s wetlands. [1] [2]. In a press release they stated
Three Just Stop Oil supporters are being sentenced today, after being convicted of public nuisance. The three took action during the 40 degree heatwave in 2022, demanding the UK government halt all new fossil fuel licensing and consents. [1] Cressie Gethin, a 22-year-old music student from Hereford, along with co-defendants Emma Mani and Alexander Wilcox
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Just Stop Oil supporters have targeted the offices of Conservative MP Mark Jenkinson in Maryport, Cumbria. Beginning at 7:35am today, four individuals plastered his officers with posters that read: [1] “Mark Jenkinson is telling giant porkies about coal & jobs. He just wants to please his Tory billionaire chums. The rich will get richer, the
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Two Just Stop Oil supporters have been forcibly ejected from Earth-Fest whilst collecting donations for Just Stop Oil. The supporters were asking attendees to financially support effective direct action whilst donations to Just Stop Oil are doubled for the next three days. Earth Fest has been criticised for being a ‘green-washing’ event with sponsors including
