At 6.15 ths morning 5 policemen in an unmarked car came to my house, threatened to bash in the door, arrested and handcuffed me.
I was still in my pyjamas.
The ‘crimes’?
Holding a placard and giving a speech.
March with us!
@juststopoil
Tell the whole truth!
@defendourjuries
Visited my friend Marcus Decker in prison yesterday. He’s been there almost a year now. He spoke of the choir that he has started… 17 men; prisoners, guards and teachers all singing in harmony. No prison can crush his courage, his wisdom or his voice.
#freemarcusandmorgan
Myself and 23 others have been referred to the
@AttorneyGeneral
for daring to uphold the principle that is set in stone on the wall of the Old Bailey, that jurors can make decisions on their convictions.
Disturbing day for our democracy.
#LawyersAreResponsible
#JustStopOil
Judge Reid Strikes Back.
He has referred 24 of us to the
@attorneygeneral
for contempt of court for daring to uphold the principle that jurors can make decisions on their conscience.
This is not Indigo, because Indigo is in prison.
There for demanding our criminally corrupt govt meets its basic obligation and protects its people.
The govt is scared. Because climate action exposes their intentional and genocidal inaction.
She is 1 of 25.
Free the truth.
If the so-called liberal media could get off the fence and pick a side we might actually get somewhere.
New oil and gas isn’t just another issue.
It’s a choice between life and death.
@TheNewsAgents
As you read this, 14 people are being held for a SECOND night in police custody awaiting court for slow marching with
@JustStop_Oil
.
They have been carted around in
@SercoGroup
vans in boxes smaller than a portaloo.
@metpoliceuk
this is false imprisonment.
#Freethe14now
Breaking: Imprisoned before trial.
Chiara Sarti, 24, PHD student at Uni of Cambridge sent to prison for marching.
In court they said "I was born after the first COP, I’ve been lied to my whole life. Emissions since then have risen year on year. I am in resistance"
Yesterday I blocked the gate of one of the worlds largest arms fairs, happening on our doorstep in east London.
Militaries account for 5.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a 2022 estimate by international experts.
@CAATuk
@JustStop_Oil
Hi Grant Shapps,
Thanks for reaching out. If you'd like to arrange a meeting with representatives of Just Stop Oil, please do let me know.
The disruption will end as soon as you make a statement to end new oil and gas.
#JustStopOil
As the person you are literally trying to convince of your goal, let me put something on the record for you
#JustStopOil
Your stunts are pointless. Your anarchist tactics are embarrassing. And your attempts to disrupt British life are backfiring
Just Stop.
2 years ago police raided my home and seized a laptop.
Last August I was told I could collect the items, but when I tried to do so I was told it wasn't possible.
2 weeks ago I made a complaint and was invited in to collect my laptop, only to be arrested and held for 9 hours.
Yesterday I was arrested for "conspiracy to cause public nuisance" and "suspicion of breach of the peace." Held for 15h. I've never seen so many red, white and blue flags but if flag is orange, then facial recognition catches you while the banner is in your pocket.
@JustStop_Oil
Yesterday I got arrested whilst filming a
@JustStop_Oil
supporter holding a banner on the pavement near the coronation route. I'm a filmmaker and had my
@BECTU
press accreditation visible around my neck.
Police deemed this to be "conspiracy to commit a public nuisance".
COLLUSION: Last November an undercover reporter
@TheSun
attended a Just Stop Oil meeting, recorded it, and then handed the tape to the
@metpoliceuk
. The Met then told the Home Office, who instructed National Highways to take out a High Court Injunction.
Mya, who has been taken to court by the UK Gov because of her actions with JSO is now taking the UK Gov to court to stop a road that would fell thousands of trees and create hundreds of thousands of tons of c02...
Donate here to help cover legal costs.
BREAKING: Ella Ward - Age 20 - just sent to prison on remand for Wilful Obstruction of the Highway offence.
The state can't tolerate young people in orange walking down the road.
Democracy is facing death by a thousand cuts.
Stand up now before it's too late
#JustStopOil
Cressie was arrested on Sunday night, over 40 hours later and she is still refusing to comply with the police until they investigate the real criminals.
Who should be in the dock today? Cressie, or the head of BP? Cressie, or Sunak?
💬 "I'VE NOTHING AGAINST THESE POLICE OFFICERS PERSONALLY"
🦺 Cressie is refusing to comply until the MET Police investigate the politicians and oil executives pushing for new oil and gas licences when they know it means a death sentence for millions in the global south.
BREAKING - NEW LAWS USED TO IMPRISON 2 PEACEFUL MARCHERS - BUT THE MARCHING GOES ON.
This morning, my friend Sam Griffiths, a father, dog lover and designer from Walthamstow was sent to prison for slow marching to demand an end to new oil and gas.
Visited Marcus in prison yesterday. He’s no longer a prisoner, he is now an immigration detainee, appealing against his deportation, being held in Highpoint Prison. Solidarity with all political prisoners.
#freemarcus
We are extremely worried. Extremely frustrated. Extremely dismayed, betrayed and bewildered.
But we am not 'extreme.'
“The truly dangerous radicals are the countries that are increasing the production of fossil fuels." Guterres, 2022
@JustStop_Oil
“We may have survived the floods that drowned our towns and homes... but the stench of decomposing animal carcasses …. Our chickens, our goats, rabbits and sheep… It is horrific and it is going to kill us.”
Eco-mob and proud.
Have to sit and have a cuppa with anyone and talk about why you should be too.
..If only the mail could ‘investigate’ climate science conferences with this same zeal!
Labour gas committed to our demand - to end new oil & gas licences. This will have ripple effects across the world. My heart goes out to everyone who gave so much of themselves to making this happen. Now to hold Starmer’s feet to the fire.
You thought you had a right to a fair trial by a jury of your peers.
You never thought it would be a judge who would suppress evidence.
Anti-arms protestors have been prosecuted after being told they could not talk about war crimes at trial
#Walsall5
Even
@Shell
knows that it’s not ‘Shell vs environmental protesters’, It’s about Shell vs everyone who gives a shit about anything.
That’s why they have bought new laws in the highest court in the land that overwrite your freedom to protest.
#FreeRoland
Roland Howes, 19/12/03, is studying biology at Bristol Uni.
He was arrested for the first time on Mon, then he marched again on Wed.
On Fri, he should have been released on bail. Instead, he is illegally being held in prison.
@HMPPentonville
@BlakemanIan
Why are we so shocked by these lengthy sentences?
The system that imprisons the
#WholeTruth5
is a system built on blood - spewing out carbon that will lead to death.
The courts are doing exactly what they are built to do - protect the profits of the fossil fuel industry.
My friend Cal Goode is currently imprisoned on remand at HMP Bedford for resisting the Home Office's inhumane plan to take people to the Bibby Stockholm.
Email messages of solidarity to: calbehindbars
@proton
.me
Court Support: 2pm on Tuesday 7th May @ Croydon Magistrates.
Yesterday in Peckham was an incredible resistance.
We stopped the Home Office coach taking anyone to the prison barge - and also from taking anyone else at other locations in London.
Then we blocked the police for hours and let them know they will not take any one of us easily.
@TotalEnergies
will prefer greenwashing Ugandans and not giving facts. The response made towards our petition doesn't give a representation of science. Millions risk loosing life while will remain jobless, food insecurity will hit its peak and thus Eacop should be dropped.
In their evidence to obtain civil protest gagging laws Shell's lawyers admit that there will be a lightly 'increase in support for JSO given that environmental concerns affect the majority of the public.'
Shell's lawyers liaise 'with the police whose intelligence indicates that there continues to be an ongoing threat; that the protest campaign is not over; and that protest groups will continue to attempt to put pressure on the government to halt new investment in fossil fuels.'
Few weeks back I visited my friend Morgan in this same prison. The courts are locking up climate protestors and letting oil execs walk free.
#FreeMorgan
#FreeMarcus
come to their appeal hearing at Royal Courts Justice 9am Wednesday
Last week I visited
#MarcusDecker
in HMP Highpoint . Jailed for 3 years for sounding the alarm on climate breakdown . An outrageous sentence & now faced with a threat of deportation by
@ukhomeoffice
Please sign this petition
@WeAreSettled
Shell says 'JSO continues to have the ability to draw on a large group of protestors who are willing to be arrested; that they take action using a variety of tactics and target locations across the UK; and that they employ tactics that attract the media and public interest.'
Criminalising people who dare to stand up to the Government.
This is the point in the Public Order Act 2023.
Despite Cal being found NOT GUILTY they have spent 10 days in prison.
Here they are being taken back to prison in
@sercoUK
van before release form
@HMPPentonville
.
Speaking before her imprisonment Indigo Rumbelow, 30, from Swansea, said:
“Just Stop Oil supporters have been taking part in an International Uprising for a Fossil Fuel Treaty, because we have an international crisis and we need an international solution...
Nothing will stop us trying to protect our families and our communities from the danger imposed on all of us through continued oil, gas and coal burning."
Cal & Tez were charged with S1 of the Public Order Act 2023: 'Locking On'
As far as i'm aware they are they first people to be taken to trial under this new law.
They glued to the gate of the Royal Courts of Justice to protest against injunctions.
They were found NOT GUILTY.
🚨 BREAKING: Cal and Tez NOT GUILTY
🔥 District Judge Minhas acquitted Cal and Tez in City of London Magistrates Court today, ruling that a conviction would be disproportionate given only a 15 minute delay to court proceedings was caused by their action.
🧡 Paperwork is all
Yesterday we dealt a blow to JSO’s efforts to cause serious disruption.
Officers arrested a 42-yr-old man in Southwark on suspicion of conspiracy to cause criminal damage.
Numerous items were seized that could be used to cause damage across London.
The man remains in custody.
and imprisoning those who stand-up to make change, whilst the media is still grappling to tell the truth. Many of my friends have been sent to prison, but we will not be deterred.
CHRISTOPHER FORD IMPRISONED FOR MARCHING
🦺 Chris, a father and nursery school teaching assistant, was remanded to prison for 1 week yesterday for marching to Parliament in support of Just Stop Oil.
⛓️ In the courtroom, he told the judge that if released he would continue to
SECRECY: The order was granted in a private 'court'-Microsoft Teams, on a weekend. The state didn't have to go through parliament or the Lords, they didn't have to notify the protestors, all they had to do was email it to a few inboxes with a 'juststopoil' address.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Around 40 people, from all walks of life, now face a civil and a criminal charge for the same action, despite Grant Shapps saying in 2021 that PCSC bill, not injunctions would be the 'long term solution'.
We’re in a dangerously hot world and our leaders are hell-bent on making it worse.”
“The climate crisis threatens everything we know and love, yet our so-called leaders are continuing to make the problem worse, the courts are protecting fossil fuel profits...
*LEAK*
This document is proof the police do not understand that the motivations of
@JustStop_Oil
supporters is to protect the public from the catastrophic impacts of new oil and gas.
In Critical Developments and after a private conversation with Bagiire Sharif, a student arrested on Tuesday as students protested against Eacop at Parliament of Uganda,he narrated his ordeal where was tortured and brutalized by un known people for over 3 days till lastnight.
One rule for us... another for them...
Home Sec seems to be perverting the course of justice.
While one of her police officers is facing a charge of murder she is whistling to the others that "They mustn’t fear ending up in the dock."
We depend on our brave firearms officers to protect us from the most dangerous & violent in society. In the interest of public safety they have to make split-second decisions under extraordinary pressures. 1/3
When the Judge asked if she would bow down to the court and bail conditions she said “Im going to continue in resistance until the government stops committing acts of Genocide.”
This is true courage.
I was on the phone speaking to Morgan Trowland, as this news came through, he's been in prison for over a year for scaling the QE2 Bridge. He said “Imprisoning us, can’t stop us doing what we have to do to survive”
The arrest of charity volunteers raises serious questions about the role (& perhaps collusion) of rightwing media, police & politicians in the demonisation of protesters. This thread will report my attempts to piece together what happened & what it means.
If you don't trust the
@DailyMailUK
, and you don't think
@GMB
is giving you the full story, then you should donate to get this film made.
Real people, acting right now to stop climate collapse.
#dontlookup
@KevinClimate
Totally agree. Brilliant article, but totally chilling how many Scientists were not prepared to be named.
Young people are risking everything to bring the climate crisis into public consciousness. Accountably.
When will more scientists speak up & speak out- publicly, named?
🦺 EMERGENCY MEETING
📣 Calling on all Londoners to meet with supporters of Just Stop Oil as we continue slow marching.
Hear the plan and find out how you can help.
⏰ Saturday 4th November, 5PM-7PM
@ St John’s , Waterloo
We won’t stop until the gov just stop oil.
@metpoliceuk
- Why don’t you spend that money investigating
@RishiSunak
and his oily pals with blood soaked hands?
Do you have the courage or are you cowards?
📰 Read all about it – Our response to Just Stop Oil.
It’s cost us almost £20-million and 10,500 officer shifts to police JSO, we would rather use these resources in our communities.
Our position isn’t changing
@JustStop_Oil
, tell us your plans so we can better utilise our
“It is the biggest threat humanity has faced.
It has the potential to kill millions, if not billions, through starvation, war over resources, displacement.
None of us will be unaffected by the devastation.”
J Renwick, Victoria University, Wellington, NZ
Dengue fever death toll just passed over 1000 in Bangladesh.
Longer monsoon season = more deadly Aedes mosquitos.
Lisencing new oil and gas today means digging graves tomorrow.
BBC accepts inaccuracy from
@bbcnickrobinson
.
It is not OK to green gaslight the British people as we sleepwalk into irreversible crisis.
History will not look kindly on our inability to face the truth.
This is the premier who made cuts to firefighters literally last year. She spread misinformation about forest fires, blocked renewables, and is trying to scrap carbon pricing.
#FREEKAKEMBOMARTIN
!
Kakembo Martin was arrested this morning while delivering a training to students who are organising to stop the East African Crude Oil Pipeline. EACOP HQ is in London. Kakembo is at Central Police Station in Gulu, Uganda. We demand his release.
#STOPEACOP
Breaking: Police in Gulu has raided and cordoned off Hotel FreeZone in Gulu where our members had a training as we rolled out our Country Wide Capacity Building program. Our member in the names of Kakembo Martin has been arrested and taken to police station in Gulu.
#stopeacop
July 2023:
- The month the court of appeal rejected the prison sentencing appeal of Morgan and Marcus.
- The hottest month human civilisation has ever had.
- The month Rishi Sunak gave the orders for 100 new oil and has lisences.
Also in Westminster Magistrates, another friend, Chrissie Kelly,
@XRLondon
rebel and retired social worker from North London was imprisoned for marching. Bothe were charged with breech of S7 of the brand new anti protest law laid out in the Public Order Act 2023.
Northamptonshire Police has become one of the first police forces in the country to secure a conviction for the offence of going equipped to lock on, under Section 2 of the Public Order Act 2023:
“Labours policy of stopping all oil and gas imports”? I’m not sure what papers you’re reading grant? Perhaps you should take the weekend off …
@grantshapps
My friend
@morgantrowland
who is in in HMP Highpoint is looking to build this sculpture he has designed from prison, inspired by the bamboo structures we have been using in protest over the last few years. Anyone know any public space or gallery that could help?
Your plan is to power Britain with blood.
You have betrayed my generation.
New oil and gas is mass murder.
Come to the negotiation table or resign today.
#JustStopOil
@grantshapps
When the only ones happy with your policy are
#JustStopOil
& Putin you may want to flip-flop again
@Keir_Starmer
Your plan will mean stalled growth, higher emissions from hydrocarbon imports, British workers jobless and energy insecurity by failing to power Britain from Britain
Didn’t see anyone make the link between the Assange case and the second reading of the Investigatory Powers Amendment Bill yesterday.
Say NO to state surveilled bulk personal datasets!
YES to end to end encryption!
#FreeAssangeNOW
#killthebill
“92 onshore oil and gas sites in England with at least one operating well.”
The betrayal is on our doorsteps if we dare look.
Why are there not 92 resistance camps operating around the clock?
Trash the economy?
Over the past decade, direct damages of climate related disasters are estimated to add up to around US$ 1.3 trillion - IMF
This is at 1.2D of warming.
@grantshapps
wants to power Britain with blood.
#Juststopoil
Apparently, if you throw around some orange paint
@Keir_Starmer
will do whatever you want - even trash the economy 🥀
Unlike Labour, we won’t
#JustStopOil
- we’ll grow the economy by powering Britain from Britain.
What’s great about it is that they have unintentionally asked every event and cultural institution in the UK to consider making a statement in support of an end to new oil and gas.
@grantshapps
Hi Grant Shapps, Thanks for reaching out. If you'd like to arrange a meeting with representatives of Just Stop Oil, please do let me know. The disruption will end as soon as you make a statement to end new oil and gas.
#JustStopOil
“I hope that I have brought a level of objectivity, certainly of detail, it will be for others to work out if the judgements I’ve reached are worth taking forward”
What do you think?
Listen to Walney’s attempt at justifying his independence here:
-
REVEALED: CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OF ‘ADVISER’ PROPOSING ACTIVIST BAN
Lord Walney, Gov's 'independent' adviser, holds paid roles to further the interests of arms and oil companies, whose profits are threatened by the same groups he's proposing to ban
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Slow marching protests cannot go on. The law-abiding majority are fed up with the havoc & disruption.
Police must be able to clear our roads of eco warriors intent on causing traffic jams.
I call on MPs to back this law, back the police & back the public
#commonsensepolicing