Civil resistance

Another three Just Stop Oil supporters found not guilty after Earls Court slow march

Another three Just Stop Oil supporters were found not guilty at Southwark Crown Court yesterday, three years after slow marching in London to demand an end to new oil and gas licensing. [1]  On 15th November 2023, Alexis Psyllides, Joseph Clark and Alexander Thornton were among 64 supporters who joined a slow march on Earls […]

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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 to demand an end to new oil and gas licensing. [1]  On 8th November 2023, Rev. Sue Parfitt, Mollie Somerville, Catherine Nisbet, Greta Dargie, Hannah Schafer, Sally Davidson and Sam

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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 reprieve after a jury were unable to reach a majority verdict at Southwark Crown Court today. [1] Hanan Ameur and Harrison Donnelly took action at the National Gallery in November

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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 up a gantry on the M25 in November 2022 to demand that the then Conservative government pay heed to the dire warnings of climate scientists, the UN and the IEA

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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 an end to new oil and gas licensing. [1]  On 8th November 2023, Sheila Shatford, Julia Mercer, David Kilroy, Geraldine James, Rosalind Bird and Gregory Sculthorpe were among approximately 50

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Two Just Stop Oil supporters given suspended sentences for spraying paint on car dealerships

Two Just Stop Oil supporters were given suspended sentences today after pleading guilty to criminal damage by spraying paint on a number of high end car dealerships in 2022 to demand an end to new oil and gas licensing.[1]  On 26 October 2022, Emma Brown and Carmen Lean had sprayed orange paint from a fire

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Two Just Stop Oil supporters found guilty for M25 gantry actions

Two Just Stop Oil supporters were found guilty of public nuisance at Amersham Crown Court yesterday, after peacefully climbing gantries on the M25 in 2022, to demand an end to new fossil fuel projects. [1] Daniel Mifsud and another supporter took action on the M25 on 10th November 2022. They were among scores of Just

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Four Just Stop Oil supporters jailed for up to 30 months for M25 gantry action while two walk free

Six Just Stop Oil who were denied all legal defences during their trial were today given sentences of up to 30 months at Southwark Crown Court for peacefully climbing gantries on the M25 in 2022, to demand an end to new fossil fuel projects. [1] Cosmo Cattell, Adelheid Russenberger, Jane Touil, Andrew Dames, Clara O’Callaghan

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