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Just Stop Oil supporter not guilty after spraying orange paint on MI5
A Just Stop Oil supporter was acquitted at Southwark Crown Court today, three and a half years after spray painting the MI5 building orange to demand
Another seven Just Stop Oil supporters acquitted after Waterloo Bridge slow march
Seven Just Stop Oil supporters were found not guilty at Southwark Crown Court today, two and a half years after slow marching on Waterloo Bridge
No prison for Heathrow paint sprayers
Two Just Stop Oil Supporters who sprayed Heathrow departure boards with orange paint during the Oil Kills, international uprising to end fossil fuels in July
Just Stop Oil supporter not guilty after spraying orange paint on MI5
A Just Stop Oil supporter was acquitted at Southwark Crown Court today, three and a half years after spray painting the MI5 building orange to demand
Another seven Just Stop Oil supporters acquitted after Waterloo Bridge slow march
Seven Just Stop Oil supporters were found not guilty at Southwark Crown Court today, two and a half years after slow marching on Waterloo Bridge
No prison for Heathrow paint sprayers
Two Just Stop Oil Supporters who sprayed Heathrow departure boards with orange paint during the Oil Kills, international uprising to end fossil fuels in July
Hung jury for two Just Stop Oil supporters accused of damaging ‘the Rokeby Venus’
Two young Just Stop Oil supporters, who smashed the glass cover of a painting once famously slashed by a suffragette, have been granted a temporary
Heathrow Five lose appeal against convictions for planning Heathrow action despite evidence of jury misconduct
Five Just Stop Oil supporters who have served prison sentences of up to 15 months for planning an action at Heathrow that never took place
Two Just Stop Oil supporters found guilty for Heathrow paint spraying following retrial
Two Just Stop Oil Supporters who sprayed Heathrow departure boards with orange paint during the Oil Kills, international uprising to end fossil fuels in July
Court & prison updates
Just Stop Oil supporter not guilty after spraying orange paint on MI5
A Just Stop Oil supporter was acquitted at Southwark Crown Court today, three and a half years after spray painting the MI5 building orange to demand
Another seven Just Stop Oil supporters acquitted after Waterloo Bridge slow march
Seven Just Stop Oil supporters were found not guilty at Southwark Crown Court today, two and a half years after slow marching on Waterloo Bridge
No prison for Heathrow paint sprayers
Two Just Stop Oil Supporters who sprayed Heathrow departure boards with orange paint during the Oil Kills, international uprising to end fossil fuels in July
Hung jury for two Just Stop Oil supporters accused of damaging ‘the Rokeby Venus’
Two young Just Stop Oil supporters, who smashed the glass cover of a painting once famously slashed by a suffragette, have been granted a temporary
Two Just Stop Oil supporters found guilty for Heathrow paint spraying following retrial
Two Just Stop Oil Supporters who sprayed Heathrow departure boards with orange paint during the Oil Kills, international uprising to end fossil fuels in July
Six Just Stop Oil supporters acquitted of disrupting key national infrastructure after Waterloo Bridge slow march
Six Just Stop Oil supporters were acquitted at Southwark Crown Court today, two and a half years after slow marching on Waterloo Bridge to demand
Just Stop Oil supporter not guilty after spraying orange paint on MI5
A Just Stop Oil supporter was acquitted at Southwark Crown Court today, three and a half years after spray painting the MI5 building orange to demand
Another seven Just Stop Oil supporters acquitted after Waterloo Bridge slow march
Seven Just Stop Oil supporters were found not guilty at Southwark Crown Court today, two and a half years after slow marching on Waterloo Bridge
No prison for Heathrow paint sprayers
Two Just Stop Oil Supporters who sprayed Heathrow departure boards with orange paint during the Oil Kills, international uprising to end fossil fuels in July
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A letter from HMP Bronzefield
By Heidi Russenberger I am writing this from HMP Bronzefield, where I was sent in October 2025 after conviction for public nuisance. My crime? Climbing
A message from Mick Dunk of the Southwark 6
Mick was one of six Just Stop Oil supporters found guilty of public nuisance in October 2025 after a judge denied all legal defences.
Harsh conditions mean release but no freedom
The conditions state that I must not “associate with any person currently or formerly associated with Just Stop Oil” and that I should not “participate directly or indirectly in organising or contributing to any demonstration, meeting, gathering, or website without approval.”
A letter from HMP Bronzefield
By Heidi Russenberger I am writing this from HMP Bronzefield, where I was sent in October 2025 after conviction for public nuisance. My crime? Climbing
A message from Mick Dunk of the Southwark 6
Mick was one of six Just Stop Oil supporters found guilty of public nuisance in October 2025 after a judge denied all legal defences.
Harsh conditions mean release but no freedom
The conditions state that I must not “associate with any person currently or formerly associated with Just Stop Oil” and that I should not “participate directly or indirectly in organising or contributing to any demonstration, meeting, gathering, or website without approval.”
Never waste a good crisis – a realist’s view of the Hay Festival
by Mel Carrington. Hats off to the Hay Festival for a range of sessions tackling the multiple and interlinked crises we face – everything from
Serving Time
Through the small window I see a sign: ‘Welcome To HMP Wandsworth’. If it’s meant to be reassuring it doesn’t work for me.
Writing from HMP Styal
My name’s Ella, I’m 22 years old, and I’m writing from HMP Styal, a women’s prison just outside Manchester.