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Shut down the fascists: Just Stop Oil supporters turn the Teslabot orange

Two Just Stop Oil supporters have poured orange liquid latex over an Optimus robot at the Westfield Tesla store in London today. They are demanding the UK government phase out fossil fuel burning by 2030. [1] At around 10:15am, the pair climbed onto a podium display and poured the liquid latex over the life sized humanoid […]

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Manchester Airport Five: One acquitted, four found guilty after acting to prevent mass death  

Four Just Stop Oil supporters have today been found guilty of conspiracy to commit a public nuisance, with a fifth person being acquitted by a jury at Manchester Crown Court. [1] Daniel Knorr (23), Margaret Reid (54), Indigo Rumbelow (30) and Ella Ward (22) received a majority guilty verdict.  They were arrested in the early

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Letter from the President of the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative to Louise Lancaster in prison

Kumi Naidoo, the President of the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty Initiative, has written to Just Stop Oil supporter Louise Lancaster in prison. She is currently serving a four year sentence for her role in the M25 Gantry Actions in November 2022. Kumi Naidoo is a globally recognized environmental and human rights leader, who has

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Three Just Stop Oil supporters found guilty for breaching illegally introduced anti-protest regulations

Three Just Stop Oil supporters who participated in a slow march at Vauxhall in 2023 to demand an end to new oil and gas were today found guilty of breaching police conditions imposed on their march. [1] On 15th June 2023, William Ward, Christopher Grove and David Kearns participated in a slow march at Vauxhall

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Just Stop Oil supporter found guilty after spraying orange paint over King’s College Cambridge

A Just Stop Oil supporter who sprayed King’s College, Cambridge with orange paint in 2023 to demand an end to new oil and gas was found guilty at Peterborough Magistrates Court today. [1] On 12th October 2023, Chiara Sarti, a PhD student at King’s College, Cambridge, used a fire extinguisher to spray orange paint over

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Over 1000 people block the Strand outside the mass appeal hearing for 16 Just Stop Oil supporters 

Over a thousand people have taken part in a peaceful demonstration blocking the road outside the Royal Courts of Justice. Inside, the appeal against the draconian sentences given to 16 Just Stop Oil supporters last year is continuing. The mass appeal concerns 16 supporters with combined sentences of 41 years handed down between July and

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Three Just Stop Oil supporters found guilty for Treasury paint action carried out in response to Jackdaw consent

Three Just Stop Oil supporters who sprayed red paint over the Treasury in 2022 have been found guilty by a jury today. They took action declaring that the UK government had blood on its hands as a result of its plans to encourage new oil and gas projects in the UK and its failure to

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Mass appeal for supporters jailed after oil industry lobbyist branded Just Stop Oil as extreme

16 Just Stop Oil supporters are appealing their draconian sentences at the Court of Appeal today and tomorrow.  The mass appeal concerns 16 political prisoners with combined sentences of 41 years handed down between July and September 2024.[1] All 16 Just Stop Oil supporters were jailed in the months following the publication of a report

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