Statement on Canning Town Sentencing
Mark Øvland and James Mee were sentenced to 12 months community order, including 60 hours unpaid work, today for their part in the 2019 Canning Town train action.
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END THE FOSSIL FUEL ECONOMY: Extinction Rebellion releases plan to block UK oil refineries in April
Extinction Rebellion launched plans this morning to block major UK oil refineries in April as part of their Rebellion, beginning on April 9th. Although the exact locations are yet to be made public, the group says it intends to ‘stop the harm at the source’ and create enough disruption to force the UK government to commit to Extinction Rebellion’s immediate demand: to stop the fossil fuel economy.
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BREAKING: Three XR Christians ACQUITTED for Shadwell DLR action
Three XR members who stopped a DLR train at Shadwell station were lawfully exercising their right to peaceful protest, a jury has found.
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Jury acquits six for Canary Wharf train protest
Six XR protesters who stopped a Docklands Light Railway train at Canary Wharf in April 2019 have been acquitted after convincing a jury their behaviour was a lawful response to imminent climate breakdown and ecological collapse.
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Blind Paralympian James Brown released from prison following sentencing appeal
The Court of Appeal has ruled today that James Brown, the blind Paralympian who climbed on top of an aeroplane in October 2019, be released on bail. James, who is serving a 12 month sentence at Wandsworth Prison, will be released later today or tomorrow morning.
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BREAKING: AMAZON CRIMES WILL COST THE EARTH – Extinction Rebellion disrupts Black Friday by blocking 15 Amazon fulfilment centres
From 5am this morning, Extinction Rebellion has blocked a total of 15 Amazon fulfilment centres in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands on Black Friday, the major global discount day. In the UK, people from all across the country are taking part, with 13 blockades in Doncaster, Darlington, Newcastle, Manchester, Peterborough, Derby, Coventry, Rugeley, Dartford, Bristol, Tilbury, Milton Keynes and Dunfermline. These sites account for just over 50% of Amazon deliveries in the UK.
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Extinction Rebellion appeals to Science Museum trustees at Lates event
The performance comes only a few days after dozens of scientists and contributors have pledged not to work with the Science Museum again. Their voices are just the latest addition to a series of resignations from Trustees and from Chris Rapley (ex director of the Science Museum), calling for the Group’s senior leadership and trustees to end ties with fossil fuel sponsors. It was also announced on Monday that Anna Phoebe and Space Rocks were withdrawing from performing at tonight's event.
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Extinction Rebellion announces plans for April 2022: ‘The COP process has failed, it’s up to all of us now’
Extinction Rebellion UK responds to the failure of the COP process with plans to mobilise two million in the UK towards mass civil disobedience, with the first major campaign of civil resistance taking place in April 2022.
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WE WILL NOT BE BYSTANDERS: More than 100 people break National Highway’s injunction on Lambeth Bridge
BREAKING: This afternoon, over a hundred people have sat down on Lambeth Bridge to break the National Highways super injunction in solidarity with the at least 34 people who have broken these injunctions so far, 9 of whom received prison sentences this week on 17th November. The group of over a hundred people from all walks of life marched from outside the Royal Courts of Justice at 12pm arm in arm and in rows, each row holding a sign that read ‘Betrayed by my government’. The group intend to stay in the road until they are arrested.
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‘You can’t imprison a flood, you can’t bankrupt a fire’: Highway 9 sentenced to prison
Beginning on Tuesday morning, nine people from Insulate Britain faced trial at the High Court for breaking the injunction on the M25. This morning, all nine were sentenced to prison for between two and six months, with the prosecution arguing for excessive costs to each individual, the final amount of which will be released tomorrow.
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