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With clear intimidatory intent, @SapienzaRoma uni🇮🇹 sued 4 rebels staging a demonstration yesterday at the uni during our day of global action.Rebels were sued for "interruption of public service", which can lead to 7 years in jail and a €3000 fine #ScientistRebellion🧵1/n 
The allegation is ridicolous, as there were several other access and exit routes to the building the demonstators were blocking. It clearly shows @SapienzaRoma intent to silence dissent. #ScientistRebellionStrike 2/n
About 10 participants taking films and holding banners were also sued for participation in unauthorised meeting. 3/n
Over 1,000 scientists in over 25 countries worldwide took disruptive, non-violent actions and engaged in civil disobedience targeting governmental, scientific and corporate institutions to highlight the urgency and injustice of the climate and ecological crisis. 1/
In Madrid, Spain, 53 of the roughly 100 scientists were arrested after throwing fake blood on the facade of the National Congress in Spain. 2/
In Copenhagen, Denmark, the street in front of the Climate Ministry was blocked by 40 people, half of them scientists, holding posters of scientific papers and reading the IPCC report. 3/
