
From tomorrow: XR co-founder Gail Bradbrook on trial for £27.5k window-breaking at UK’s Department for Transport
This Thursday Extinction Rebellion co-founder Dr Gail Bradbrook goes on trial for breaking one window – valued £27,500 – at the UK’s Department for Transport in London in October 2019. The trial comes at a critical point for climate activism in the UK. With global heat records being broken daily, the Conservative government’s chilling legislative clampdown is placing severe limits on the right of protest, while judges jail people for contempt of court – just for mentioning the words climate change. Since February 2023 Judge Reid has sent three people to jail for defying his orders and explaining why they undertook their actions.
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