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Another seven Just Stop Oil supporters acquitted after Waterloo Bridge slow march

Court & Prison, Press / July 3, 2026

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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No prison for Heathrow paint sprayers

Court & Prison, Press / June 30, 2026

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 2024 have been spared prison. [1] Phoebe Plummer and Jane Touil were sentenced by Her Honour Judge Duncan at Isleworth Crown Court yesterday after being found guilty of criminal damage

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A message from Mick Dunk of the Southwark 6

Blogs, Court & Prison / April 2, 2026

Mick was one of six Just Stop Oil supporters found guilty of public nuisance in October 2025 after a judge denied all legal defences.

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

Court & Prison, Press / February 20, 2026

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

Court & Prison, Press / December 5, 2025

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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Wellington Arch paint sprayers given suspended sentences

Court & Prison, Press / June 20, 2025

Three Just Stop Oil supporters have been handed nine-month custodial sentences, suspended for 21 months, and ordered to pay £1,000 each in compensation for spraying orange paint on the Wellington Arch in October 2023. The action was taken to demand that the UK government immediately halt all new oil and gas projects, a demand that

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Writing from HMP Styal

Blogs, Court & Prison / April 16, 2025

My name’s Ella, I’m 22 years old, and I’m writing from HMP Styal, a women’s prison just outside Manchester.

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Just Stop Oil is hanging up the hi vis

Press / March 27, 2025

Three years after bursting on the scene in a blaze of orange, at the end of April we will be hanging up the hi vis. Just Stop Oil’s initial demand to end new oil and gas is now government policy, making us one of the most successful civil resistance campaigns in recent history. We’ve kept

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A 22nd Birthday in prison

Blogs / February 28, 2025

Hi, It’s Ella here, writing from HMP Styal, a women’s prison just outside of Manchester.

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“You’ve given us a problem”

Blogs, The Orange / November 30, 2023

Taking Action with Just Stop Oil Mum’s March by Gill Tavener I knew, without a doubt, that this was going to be one of the stranger days of my life. Sitting in the Woman’s Hour studio at the BBC’s Broadcasting House, the only thing between me and Emma Barnett’s alabaster face was a huge red

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