Just Stop Oil Activists Arrested in Early Morning Raids
Indigo Rumbelow and Roger Hallam were nabbed in separate police raids at their homes today. Officers forced entry, searched their belongings, and seized papers.
Just Stop Oil Hits Back: ‘We Will Not Be Intimidated’
A spokesperson for the group blasted the government for backing fossil fuels while “cheering on war crimes in Gaza”. They said:
“We will not be intimidated by our criminal government. Not content with cheering on war crimes in Gaza, by maxing out our oil and gas reserves they are complicit in the greatest crime in human history. New oil and gas will result in unimaginable suffering and destroy the lives and livelihoods of billions of people. No one has ever voted for this, there has never been a democratic mandate to destroy the habitable world.”
“Just Stop Oil supporters are deeply committed to stopping all new oil and gas. If our government refuses to do what is right to protect humanity, then people will step up to do what needs to be done.”
“The painful truth right now is that our politicians and corporations have no intention of acting in accordance with the fundamental interests of either our young people or the country as a whole. Whether those in charge realise that they are committing the crime of genocide is not the question. For this is how it will be seen by the next generation and all future generations. Our friends in police custody and languishing in prison understand this very well as do we.”
‘Greatest Crime in Human History’: Just Stop Oil Sounds the Alarm
The campaigners warn that new oil and gas projects will push the planet past irreversible tipping points. They say this will wreck food production, destroy civil society, and threaten everything we know.
“To allow any new oil and gas, in full knowledge of these consequences, isn’t just a crime against humanity. It is the greatest crime in human history,” the spokesperson added.
Mass Protests Set for October 29
With civil resistance now deemed essential, Just Stop Oil is gearing up for a major showdown. Thousands are expected to take to the streets, clogging up roads until change happens.
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