Just Stop Oil protesters on M25 deserve ‘Christmas in prison’, says Grant Shapps
2 years, 4 months ago

Just Stop Oil protesters on M25 deserve ‘Christmas in prison’, says Grant Shapps

The Independent  

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 Any Just Stop Oil climate protesters forcing the closure of parts of the M25 deserve to spend Christmas in prison, cabinet minister Grant Shapps has said. Mr Shapps, the business secretary, said it was “completely outrageous” for activists to disrupt traffic – referring to prison sentences handed to fellow climate activists who previously blocked the M25. "Our investigation has strong reason to suspect the Just Stop Oil group intend to disrupt major motorway road networks which would risk serious harm to the public, with reckless action to obstruct the public on a large scale,” said assistant commissioner Matt Twist. Transport secretary Mark Harper said he instructed National Highways to apply for the latest injunction, saying: “This will make it easier to take action against this reckless minority of protesters.”

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Just Stop Oil protesters appeal record-breaking sentences for M25 disruption
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Just Stop Oil protesters appeal record-breaking sentences for M25 disruption

The Independent  

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Pictured: Grinning Just Stop Oil protesters arrested near Manchester Airport - as police slam the eco-idiots for trying to 'upset hard-working people heading off for their summer holidays'
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Pictured: Grinning Just Stop Oil protesters arrested near Manchester Airport - as police slam the eco-idiots for trying to 'upset hard-working people heading off for their summer holidays'

Daily Mail  

Four Just Stop Oil protesters who were arrested near Manchester Airport this morning in a police swoop have been pictured grinning. Just Stop Oil has released a picture of the four activists from the environmental group who were arrested this morning near Manchester Airport Four Just Stop Oil protesters have been arrested near Manchester Airport in a police swoop Three …

Just Stop Oil Heathrow airport protest fails – again
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Just Stop Oil Heathrow airport protest fails – again

The Telegraph  

Just Stop Oil protesters have been removed from Heathrow airport following another failed protest. On Monday, holidaymakers at Gatwick stepped over activists who had attempted to block security gates, while on Tuesday two Just Stop Oil members reportedly sprayed information boards, windows and the floor at Heathrow Terminal Five’s departures area with orange paint. A Heathrow spokesman said: “Earlier this …

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

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

The Independent  

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Just Stop Oil activists block Gatwick airport security entrance in London
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Just Stop Oil activists block Gatwick airport security entrance in London

The Independent  

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A five-year sentence for peaceful protest – necessary deterrence, or mindless authoritarianism?
8 months, 1 week ago

A five-year sentence for peaceful protest – necessary deterrence, or mindless authoritarianism?

The Independent  

Amnesty International has expressed “alarm” at the four- and five-year sentences imposed on five Just Stop Oil protesters, which are thought to be the longest ever handed down for a peaceful demonstration. Roger Hallam, a co-founder of Just Stop Oil, was given a five-year prison sentence for his part in organising a protest in which 45 activists climbed gantries on …

Just Stop Oil founder jailed for record five years over M25 motorway protest
8 months, 1 week ago

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

The Independent  

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British climate protesters who plotted highway shutdown given record harsh prison sentences
8 months, 1 week ago

British climate protesters who plotted highway shutdown given record harsh prison sentences

Associated Press  

LONDON — Five climate activists who planned a protest to cause gridlock and block traffic over four days on a major highway circling London were sentenced Thursday to as much as five years in prison. The group’s disruptive tactics — from tossing tomato soup on Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting at the National Gallery to spraying orange paint on Stonehenge to …

Cambridge-educated Just Stop Oil protester, 22, facing jail for delaying 4,000 plane passengers by scaling M25 gantry near Heathrow insists she'd do it all again
11 months, 1 week ago

Cambridge-educated Just Stop Oil protester, 22, facing jail for delaying 4,000 plane passengers by scaling M25 gantry near Heathrow insists she'd do it all again

Daily Mail  

A Just Stop Oil protester who delayed 4,000 plane passengers by scaling a gantry above the M25 near Heathrow has said she 'would do it all again'. Cressida Gethin, 22, was convicted of causing a public nuisance for her part in the motorway protest that caused a nine-mile tailback on July 20, 2022 Specialist police climbers preparing to remove a …

Cambridge University student Just Stop Oil protester delayed 4,000 plane passengers by scaling a gantry above the M25 near Heathrow, court hears
1 year, 1 month ago

Cambridge University student Just Stop Oil protester delayed 4,000 plane passengers by scaling a gantry above the M25 near Heathrow, court hears

Daily Mail  

A Just Stop Oil protester from Cambridge University delayed 4,000 British Airways passengers by scaling a gantry above the M25 near Heathrow, a court heard. In a statement read out to Isleworth Crown Court on Thursday, senior manager at British Airways, Edwin Hall, said 3,923 customers were affected by delays and cancellations due to the protest. A Just Stop Oil …

Just Stop Oil protesters hold ‘wide awake’ demo outside Sunak’s London home
1 year, 3 months ago

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

The Independent  

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UN expert says jail sentences for 'Just Stop Oil' protesters against International law
1 year, 4 months ago

UN expert says jail sentences for 'Just Stop Oil' protesters against International law

Op India  

In October 2022, two protestors of the UK-based group ‘Just Stop Oil’ Marcus Decker and Morgan Trowland disrupted traffic for almost 40 hours on one of the busiest bridges in the United Kingdom. He said, “I am gravely concerned about the potential flow-on effect that the severity of the sentences could have on civil society and the work of activists, …

Dozens more JSO activists arrested after refusing to leave major road
1 year, 4 months ago

Dozens more JSO activists arrested after refusing to leave major road

The Independent  

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 Dozens of Just Stop Oil protesters have been arrested while …

Just Stop Oil activists spared jail after M25 protest
1 year, 4 months ago

Just Stop Oil activists spared jail after M25 protest

The Independent  

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Just Stop Oil protesters arrested at Westminster demonstration
1 year, 4 months ago

Just Stop Oil protesters arrested at Westminster demonstration

The Independent  

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Just Stop Oil activists in court accused of breaching M25 injunction
1 year, 5 months ago

Just Stop Oil activists in court accused of breaching M25 injunction

The Independent  

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Moment bus driver nudges Just Stop Oil slow marchers to move faster along the road after angry bystander rails 'they've never done a day's work in their life'
1 year, 8 months ago

Moment bus driver nudges Just Stop Oil slow marchers to move faster along the road after angry bystander rails 'they've never done a day's work in their life'

Daily Mail  

Are you or do you know the gentleman? E-mail: dan.sales@mailonline.co.uk Pensioner gave eco-zealots a piece of his mind as he slated their slow march This is the moment a fed-up bus driver gently nudged Just Stop Oil protesters along a road after their march disrupted his journey. This is the moment a fed-up bus driver gently nudged Just Stop Oil …

Just Stop Oil protesters spill into London streets to disrupt traffic
1 year, 8 months ago

Just Stop Oil protesters spill into London streets to disrupt traffic

Daily Mail  

Just Stop Oil has been warned by Rishi Sunak that he 'will not let eco-zealots ruin the British summer' after a day of action that targeted 15 locations with 200 protesters. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said today that he wouldn't be 'giving into eco-zealots disrupting all of the things over the British summer' A furious member of the public started …

Police and organisers of British Grand Prix on high alert for climate protesters
1 year, 8 months ago

Police and organisers of British Grand Prix on high alert for climate protesters

The Independent  

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UK police powers expanded to crack down on ‘scandalous mayhem’
1 year, 8 months ago

UK police powers expanded to crack down on ‘scandalous mayhem’

Al Jazeera  

New measures include targeting activists who block traffic and major building projects with demonstrations. New and expanded powers for British police have taken effect including measures targeting activists who stop road traffic and major construction works with protests. Authorities have repeatedly condemned environmental groups – including Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion – that seek to raise awareness about the …

Just Stop Oil protesters are drenched by furious Londoner after beginning another protest in Camden
1 year, 9 months ago

Just Stop Oil protesters are drenched by furious Londoner after beginning another protest in Camden

Daily Mail  

This is the moment Just Stop Oil protesters were drenched in water by a furious Londoner on a balcony during yet another traffic-halting protest this morning. Just Stop Oil protesters were drenched in water by a furious Londoner standing on a balcony this morning as they held up yet more traffic in north London The activists were sprayed with water …

Just Stop Oil return to the streets of London for another slow-march protest
1 year, 9 months ago

Just Stop Oil return to the streets of London for another slow-march protest

Daily Mail  

A now regular procedure of Just Stop Oil campaigners slow-walking in a road before police move them continued again this morning as the repetitive protests continued. Just Stop Oil's protest repeated yet again this morning in Hammersmith Road before police Officers dealt with the campaigning swiftly and clear the road after just ten minutes of protest Linda Lancaster, a grandmother …

‘I’m a London liberal and I hate you,’ cyclist tells Just Stop Oil activists
1 year, 9 months ago

‘I’m a London liberal and I hate you,’ cyclist tells Just Stop Oil activists

The Telegraph  

A cyclist and self-described north London liberal berated Just Stop Oil protesters on Monday, saying “I hate you” and accusing the activists of “hurting the green cause”. Putting the group’s public relations problem in stark terms, the commuter told the slow marchers who were blocking traffic: “Everyone hates you.” This intervention was applauded by onlookers, who appeared to be similarly …

Just Stop Oil London protest today sees protestors attacked by drivers as slow march blocks London bridges
1 year, 10 months ago

Just Stop Oil London protest today sees protestors attacked by drivers as slow march blocks London bridges

The Independent  

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Influential committee of MPs interrupted by Just Stop Oil protesters
1 year, 10 months ago

Influential committee of MPs interrupted by Just Stop Oil protesters

The Independent  

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Just Stop Oil activists disrupt traffic in central London
1 year, 11 months ago

Just Stop Oil activists disrupt traffic in central London

The Independent  

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Just Stop Oil protesters blocking road to Buckingham Palace glue themselves to The Mall
2 years ago

Just Stop Oil protesters blocking road to Buckingham Palace glue themselves to The Mall

The Independent  

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Just Stop Oil calls for an end to arrest and imprisonment of protesters
2 years, 2 months ago

Just Stop Oil calls for an end to arrest and imprisonment of protesters

The Independent  

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. In a statement published on New Year’s Eve, the climate change campaign group said that officers and members of …

Just Stop Oil protesters block south London road with slow march
2 years, 3 months ago

Just Stop Oil protesters block south London road with slow march

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Who are Just Stop Oil? The climate protesters
2 years, 4 months ago

Who are Just Stop Oil? The climate protesters

The Independent  

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M25 traffic: Journalist arrests ‘wrong’ during protests, police commissioner says
2 years, 4 months ago

M25 traffic: Journalist arrests ‘wrong’ during protests, police commissioner says

The Independent  

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Just Stop Oil protesters target M25 for fourth day
2 years, 4 months ago

Just Stop Oil protesters target M25 for fourth day

The Independent  

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Journalist arrested at Just Stop Oil protest ‘incensed’ at house search and ‘asked to hand over wedding ring’
2 years, 4 months ago

Journalist arrested at Just Stop Oil protest ‘incensed’ at house search and ‘asked to hand over wedding ring’

The Independent  

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Just Stop Oil protests: Police chief says journalists ‘have right to report’ after arrests
2 years, 4 months ago

Just Stop Oil protests: Police chief says journalists ‘have right to report’ after arrests

The Independent  

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Climate protesters block UK’s busiest motorway for second day
2 years, 4 months ago

Climate protesters block UK’s busiest motorway for second day

Al Jazeera  

Just Stop Oil activists climb gantries along multiple parts of the M25, forcing closures. Just Stop Oil protesters have blocked parts of the United Kingdom’s busiest motorway for a second successive day, bringing rush-hour traffic to a standstill as they call for more government action to tackle climate change. The campaign group said on Tuesday morning that 15 activists had …

Just Stop Oil shuts parts of M25 as protesters climb gantries over motorway
2 years, 4 months ago

Just Stop Oil shuts parts of M25 as protesters climb gantries over motorway

The Independent  

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Just Stop Oil spark rush hour chaos as activist scales motorway gantry on the M25
2 years, 4 months ago

Just Stop Oil spark rush hour chaos as activist scales motorway gantry on the M25

Daily Mail  

The Met confirmed it arrested four more people in south London for conspiracy to cause public nuisance Leader Roger Hallam and two other eco-activists were taken in for questioning last night, reports claim They said a total of 35 arrests were made at different locations as officers dealt with protesters Police in Surrey, Essex, Hertfordshire and east London have all …

National Highways secures High Court order to ban M25 Just Stop Oil disruption
2 years, 4 months ago

National Highways secures High Court order to ban M25 Just Stop Oil disruption

The Independent  

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Drivers drag Just Stop Oil protesters away during London road blockages
2 years, 4 months ago

Drivers drag Just Stop Oil protesters away during London road blockages

The Independent  

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Just Stop Oil activists block famous Beatles Abbey Road crossing
2 years, 5 months ago

Just Stop Oil activists block famous Beatles Abbey Road crossing

The Independent  

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Just Stop Oil protesters glue themselves to tarmac at central London junction
2 years, 5 months ago

Just Stop Oil protesters glue themselves to tarmac at central London junction

The Independent  

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Just Stop Oil protesters halt traffic and throw soup over Government department
2 years, 5 months ago

Just Stop Oil protesters halt traffic and throw soup over Government department

The Independent  

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Two ‘Just Stop Oil’ protesters scale major UK bridge causing huge traffic delays
2 years, 5 months ago

Two ‘Just Stop Oil’ protesters scale major UK bridge causing huge traffic delays

Hindustan Times  

Two UK climate protesters scaled a major road bridge over the River Thames on Monday causing huge traffic delays, days after activists threw tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" masterpiece. The Just Stop Oil protesters climbed more than 80 metres up one of the towers of the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, which is used by an estimated 160,000 vehicles …

Just Stop Oil activists spray paint on Aston Martin showroom in London
2 years, 5 months ago

Just Stop Oil activists spray paint on Aston Martin showroom in London

The Independent  

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Public clash with Just Stop Oil protesters blocking east London road
2 years, 5 months ago

Public clash with Just Stop Oil protesters blocking east London road

The Independent  

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 Members of the public have clashed with protesters from the climate campaign group Just Stop …

Just Stop Oil demonstrators blocking roads clash with drivers on 13th day of protests
2 years, 5 months ago

Just Stop Oil demonstrators blocking roads clash with drivers on 13th day of protests

The Independent  

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. open image in gallery Just Stop Oil protesters blocked roads in Southwark on Thursday “Let the police deal with …

Just Stop Oil protesters in road block fire engine and ambulance during demonstration
2 years, 5 months ago

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

The Independent  

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Government says Just Stop Oil protest that blocked fire engine ‘unacceptable’
2 years, 5 months ago

Government says Just Stop Oil protest that blocked fire engine ‘unacceptable’

The Independent  

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Angry motorists drag Just Stop Oil protesters out of road as 100 activists arrested
2 years, 5 months ago

Angry motorists drag Just Stop Oil protesters out of road as 100 activists arrested

The Independent  

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