20 Extinction Rebellion defendants are on trial this week for Section 14 offences during the April RebellionA further 40-50 people are expected to be called on Friday for plea hearings at City of London Magistrates Court for offences during the April RebellionPlea hearings for those charged during the October Rebellion also now taking place at…
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Marking six months since the UK Parliament declared an Environment and Climate Emergency, Extinction Rebellion – which has just celebrated its first year anniversary – is releasing a short film calling for everyone to demand their government’s plan to address the crisis … #WhereIsYourPlan Through voices representing a lifetime, aged 8 to 80, the film…
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Email: press@risingup.org.uk Phone: +44(0)7969 083 371 / +44(0)7979 971209 / +44(0)7547663419 / +44(0)7479234522 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | Crowd Funder We’re pleased that 30,000 people will be receiving a letter in the post inviting them to take part in a Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change. We…
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Facebook|Twitter|Instagram|Media Assets| New – Crowdfund the #ElectionRebellion! Extinction Rebellion protestor acquitted of criminal damageMagistrates ruled she had a lawful excuse due to the direct and immediate threat of climate breakdownLawyers urge the judiciary to reconsider other Extinction Rebellion cases An Extinction Rebellion protester has been acquitted of criminal damage for spray-painting the…
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Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | New – Crowdfund the #ElectionRebellion! One year ago today, Extinction Rebellion was born: “Humanity finds itself embroiled in an event unprecedented in its history. One which, unless immediately addressed, will catapult us further into the destruction of all we hold dear: this nation, its peoples, our ecosystems and the…
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Issue two of The Hourglass newspaper released todayFeatures exclusive interview with artists Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman145k newspapers to be distributed across the UK – as far as the Orkney Islands Issue two of The Hourglass newspaper has been released today. Printed on recycled paper and with a distribution of 145k papers, The Hourglass is…
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Email: press@risingup.org.uk; Phone: +44(0)7479234522 For enquiries related to Roger’s book, please call +44(0)7980 986808. Roger Hallam, cofounder of Extinction Rebellion, will shortly be released on bail to Wales, following a bail application hearing today at Isleworth Crown Court. Roger has been on remand at Wormwood Scrubs since 16 September for charges relating to the…
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Email: press@risingup.org.ukPhone: +44(0)7756 136396 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | Crowd Funder | What emergency? | Extinction Rebellion in Numbers |This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook. #EverybodyNow #ExtinctionRebellion Extinction Rebellion defends the long established right to peaceful protest in High Court…
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Total silence from the Government since Parliament’s declaration of an environment and climate emergency in May, against a backdrop of ongoing criminal Government inaction on the climate and ecological emergency for the last 30 years, meant that Extinction Rebellion felt no choice but to take to the streets again this October.
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Email: press@risingup.org.ukPhone: +44(0)7944894190, +44(0)7811183633 Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | Crowd Funder What emergency? | Extinction Rebellion in Numbers “What is the point of learning facts when the most important facts clearly mean nothing to our society?” (Greta Thunberg) Extinction Rebellion teachers…
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