Thread by @XRCardiff

On Saturday 20th November 8 people in Cardiff, aged between 21-69, joined groups all across the UK in an act of mass civil disobedience in solidarity with the #Highway9 who were jailed earlier this week, and the 23 others who are expected to be summoned to court next week.

Exercising their democratic #RightToProtest, the group stood in the road and blocked traffic between HMP Cardiff and the Cardiff Magistrates Court for 10 minutes until a fire engine with sirens came so they moved swiftly and continued their protest on the pavement.

One of the group, Liz (37) a Project Manager from Penarth, stated: "I felt I needed to do this today to show my solidarity with the Insulate Britain protestors. Whether or not you 100% agree with their methods, it is not right that people who are simply demanding the ........

government take action to prevent people in this country freezing to death & dying from climate breakdown have been punished with prison time.This is an attempt by the government to silence dissent, maintain unthinking compliance & stifle our democratic #RightToProtest.”

Another n the group, David, 35, an ecologist stated: “The ruling to imprison the Insulate Britain protestors in this manner affects us all. As the climate and ecological emergency becomes a part of everyday life, and it becomes abundantly clear that no one is coming to save us...

we either take a stand now & be counted, or face annihilation of all that we know & love. We've reached the point where the problem can’t be ignored, the argument for urgent action is won. We must take a stand, rise up, we must go into resistance. It is now the only hope left.”

An average of 9,700 people freeze to death in their own homes in the UK every year, and this figure will only go up as energy prices continue to rise. Insulate Britain demands that the UK government immediately promises to fully fund and take responsibility for the insulation....

of all social housing in Britain by 2025, and produces within four months a legally binding national plan to fully fund and take responsibility for the full low-energy and low-carbon whole-house retrofit of all homes in Britain by 2030. Improving the quality of our homes is.....

fundamental to achieving the Government’s climate change, fuel poverty and water reduction targets. The Prime Minister’s election commitment in 2019 included £6.3bn to insulate 2.2m disadvantaged homes, cutting their energy bills by up to £750 a year and reducing the amount of..

carbon emissions produced. But instead of making any kind of statement on their insulation pledge, the government has imprisoned those attempting to hold them accountable.There has been growing concern amongst human and civil rights activists in the UK about the erosion of our...

democratic right to protest, and imprisoning peaceful protesters following an injunction in this manner is seen as setting a dangerous precedent. The use of an injunction denied the protestors the normal due process in our criminal justice system and removed the possibility....

of having a jury of their peers hear the scientific evidence that motivates them and underpinned their actions.

We will continue to resist and stand in solidarity with those we support. The #Highway9 will not be the last peaceful protestors to be jailed. #RightToProtest
#RiseUp

Watch the live stream of the action here facebook.com/XRCardiff/vide…