Extinction Rebellion climate activists staged sit-down protests in central London for a second day, with dozens arrested after they blocked two bridges to demand an end to the fossil fuel economy. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at Speakers’ Corner at Hyde Park on Sunday morning before marching into the city centre and “occupying” both Lambeth and…
Fuel Protests Creating an ‘Unacceptable’ Risk of Harm: UK Police
Days of “exceptionally dangerous” fuel protests are putting activists and officers at “unacceptable” risk of harm as the number of arrests are set to top 350, Essex Police have said. Activists from Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion have been blocking access to oil terminals in Essex, demanding that the government stops new oil and…
Climate Activists Block 10 Oil Terminals in UK
Ten oil terminals in the UK have seen their operations disrupted after access roads were blocked by environmental protesters Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion. The two groups said on Friday morning they had blocked “10 critical oil terminals” in the Midlands and southern England, where activists sat on the roads preventing tankers from leaving…
Australia Scraps Visas of Climate Protestors After Major Disruptions to Busiest Port
March 24, 2022
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Australian Immigration Minister Alex Hawke has cancelled the visas of two German climate change activists following three days of protests which disrupted the country’s busiest port. At the same time, New South Wales (NSW) police have launched a strike force to deal with further unauthorised protests, which have caused millions of dollars in lost economic…
UK Government Pushes Through Controversial Protest Curbs Despite Lawmakers’ Criticisms
The British government has reinstated restrictions on protests to a controversial policing bill amid criticisms from both opposition and backbench Conservative lawmakers. The Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Bill contains a wide-ranging raft of measures aimed at overhauling the criminal justice system. These include plans to give police in England and Wales more powers to…
UK Peers Reject Government’s Proposed Measures Targeting Disruptive Protests
The UK government on Monday suffered 14 defeats as the House of Lords voted against a raft of proposed measures in the Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Bill. The controversial measures were inserted into the bill to target eco-activist groups such as Extinction Rebellion (XR) and Insulate Britain, whose members use tactics such as blocking traffic…
UK Jury Clears Extinction Rebellion Activists Who Blocked Rush-Hour Train
A jury has cleared three Extinction Rebellion activists who caused 77 minutes of disruption to a rush-hour train in central London in 2019. Shortly before 7 a.m. on Oct. 17, 2019, Philip Kingston, 85, super-glued his hand to a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) train at Shadwell Station, while Sue Parfitt, 79, and Martin Newell, 54,…
Insulate Britain Protests Cost UK Police £4.3 Million
Road-blocking protests carried out by climate campaign group Insulate Britain have cost UK taxpayers at least £4.3 million ($5.8 million) so far, an investigation has found. The information was collated by the PA news agency, which filed Freedom of Information requests to police forces who handled the protests. Insulate Britain, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion,…
Coal Protesters Blocking Railway Face Up To 25-Year Sentences
New South Wales (NSW) police have assembled a new strike force aimed at targeting environmental protesters who have continued to block trains near the world’s biggest coal export hub, the Port of Newcastle. Codenamed Touhy, the operation will comprise of officers from Police Rescue, Traffic and Highway Patrol Command, Public Order and Riot Squad and…
UK Climate Campaigner Temporarily Suspends Traffic-Blocking Protests
The climate campaign group that staged more than a dozen of sittings on UK motorways and major roads in the past month said they are suspending their protests for 10 days. In an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday, Insulate Britain said it will suspend its campaign until Oct. 25, the week…
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