Photographer and filmmaker ‘held for 13 hours’ after Just Stop Oil protest
2 years, 1 month ago

Photographer and filmmaker ‘held for 13 hours’ after Just Stop Oil protest

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} A photographer and filmmaker have said they were held in police custody for around 13 hours after being arrested while reporting on a Just Stop Oil protest. “I’m not a big bloke, I’m not a fighter, but he held me and put the handcuffs on while I was still holding my camera, so it was all very quick and very unnecessary.” Police said five people were arrested after protesters attempted to climb overhead gantries at various junctions. “This isn’t the first time they’ve arrested members of the press at Just Stop Oil protests, they know full well they’re arresting members of the press.

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Just Stop Oil protesters arrested at Heathrow airport on suspicion of criminal damage
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Just Stop Oil protesters arrested at Heathrow airport on suspicion of criminal damage

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two Just Stop Oil protesters have been arrested at London’s Heathrow airport on suspicion of criminal …

Just Stop Oil founder jailed for record five years over M25 motorway protest
5 months ago

Just Stop Oil founder jailed for record five years over M25 motorway protest

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Just Stop Oil protesters hold ‘wide awake’ demo outside Sunak’s London home
1 year ago

Just Stop Oil protesters hold ‘wide awake’ demo outside Sunak’s London home

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Just Stop Oil protesters arrested at Westminster demonstration
1 year, 1 month ago

Just Stop Oil protesters arrested at Westminster demonstration

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Metropolitan Police posted on social media: “Officers have arrested 62 Just Stop Oil …

Man interrupts Just Stop Oil protest, throwing activist to the ground
1 year, 7 months ago

Man interrupts Just Stop Oil protest, throwing activist to the ground

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Just Stop Oil protestor has been thrown to the …

Influential committee of MPs interrupted by Just Stop Oil protesters
1 year, 7 months ago

Influential committee of MPs interrupted by Just Stop Oil protesters

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Police investigate after Just Stop Oil activist ‘involved in collision’ with car
1 year, 7 months ago

Police investigate after Just Stop Oil activist ‘involved in collision’ with car

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We will get off the road when the Government makes a meaningful statement to …

M25 protest: Journalist arrested covering Just Stop Oil tells of ‘terrifying’ five hours in cell
2 years, 1 month ago

M25 protest: Journalist arrested covering Just Stop Oil tells of ‘terrifying’ five hours in cell

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Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A radio journalist has spoken of the “terrifying” five hours she endured in a police …

Just Stop Oil protesters ‘wrong and arrogant’, says Keir Starmer
2 years, 2 months ago

Just Stop Oil protesters ‘wrong and arrogant’, says Keir Starmer

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Sir Keir Starmer has said the Just Stop Oil climate activists who have stopped traffic and thrown food at valuable paintings are “wrong and arrogant”. Sir Keir said he did not know how activists blocking roads “can look in eye the families who have got someone in the back of an ambulance”, adding: “They certainly wouldn’t be able to look …

Just Stop Oil protesters in road block fire engine and ambulance during demonstration
2 years, 2 months ago

Just Stop Oil protesters in road block fire engine and ambulance during demonstration

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Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Footage shows just under a dozen officers engaging with the protestors in an attempt to move them on Just …

‘I assume at some point I will be injured or arrested’: Portland video journalist on challenge of covering 100 days of protests
4 years, 3 months ago

‘I assume at some point I will be injured or arrested’: Portland video journalist on challenge of covering 100 days of protests

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Journalists covering protests across the country are facing assault and arrest while doing their jobs
4 years, 6 months ago

Journalists covering protests across the country are facing assault and arrest while doing their jobs

CNN  

New York CNN — From Minneapolis to Washington DC, from Louisville to Las Vegas, reporters are facing assault and arrest while reporting on widespread protests and unrest. “Journalists have a clear First Amendment right to cover public events,” Freedom of the Press Foundation advocacy director Parker Higgins said in a statement. “There is simply no justification for the Louisville police …

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