Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion demonstrate at the access roads to Shell Pernis. They are standing at the intersection of Petroleumweg and Vondelingenweg and the intersection of Vondelingenweg and Botlekweg. A road parallel to the Petroleumweg is also blocked.
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The court of appeal ruled on Monday that the ‘consent’ defence could not be used in the cases of climate activists. Sandra Laville reportsOver the last year, many climate protesters facing trial for criminal damage have used the “consent” defence, arguing that if the property owner had known more about the climate emergency, they would have agreed with the activists’ actions.On Monday, in a case brought by the attorney general, Victoria Prentis, the court of appeal ruled that such a defence...
The Police and the Marechaussee arrested 31 climate activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) and Scientist Rebellion (SR) at Eindhoven Airport on Saturday. The activists tried to enter the airport grounds through a fence, which is strictly forbidden, the Marechaussee reported.
Hundreds of people take to the streets in Santiago after being left in the
Environmental activists are increasingly facing hostility across Europe, a U.N. expert said, warning that the very right to protest was "at risk" in countries usually considered beacons of democracy. Michel Forst, the U.N. special rapporteur on environmental defenders, told AFP in an interview this week that he was deeply troubled
Police fired tear gas and deployed water cannons to keep protesting farmers at bay as agriculture ministers from the bloc met a few steps away to revise proposals to ease the crisis.
A local coalition of Jews, Muslims and others will break their fast together outside the monthly meeting of the Pulaski County Republicans tonight in protest of the county party's xenophobic, anti-Palestinian rhetoric.
Court of appeal’s removal of ‘consent’ defence means defendants on trial for criminal damage can no longer use itIt took a matter of minutes in the court of appeal, where demonstrators were strangely absent, for the dial to shift once more on the rights of protest in England and Wales.The decision taken on Monday by the court of appeal to, in effect, find in favour of the attorney general, the Conservative government’s premier legal officer, has removed a defence for climate protesters that had...
Rare protests have taken place in Cuba as the island nation's economic
Ruling follows acquittal of activist who claimed property owners would back action, as XR targets GB News studio
Activists unfurled banners at Lerwick Harbour in Shetland