🚨 BREAKING🚨

GP JAILED FOR PEACEFUL CIVIL RESISTANCE: β€œI have no regrets, I offer no apology and I will breach the injunction again.”

#CivilResistance #A22Network #JustStopOil #NoNewOil #EnoughIsEnough #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #CostOfLivingCrisis #CostOfGreedCrisis #UK
One Just Stop Oil supporter who appeared in a Birmingham court yesterday was jailed, five were remanded and another eight were given suspended sentences for sitting peacefully outside the Kingsbury Oil Terminal to demand an end to new oil and gas projects in the UK.
Sarah Benn, 55, a GP from the West Midlands, was sentenced to 32 days in prison after being found guilty of her third breach of the injunction. She has already served 8 days in prison earlier this year after breaching the Warwickshire injunction in May.
Sarah’s testimony to the court began with the words:

β€œI have no regrets. I offer no apology and I will breach the injunction again.”
5 Just Stop Oil supporters – Sheila Shatford, Charlotte Kirin, Mary Adams, Michelle Charlesworth, Tez Burns – contested the allegation, refused to recognise the authority of the court, or asked for more time to consider the allegations and were remanded in custody until Friday.
A further 8 Just Stop Oil supporters – Richard Morgan, Holly Exley, Steven Gingall , Mark Latimer, Darcy Mitchell, George Oakenfold, Anthony Whitehouse and Chloe Naldrett – were given sentences of 23 days, suspended for 2 years plus individual costs of up to Β£380.
The 10 were the second group to appear in court from among 51 Just Stop Oil supporters remanded to prison last Friday after they had refused to comply with court proceedings and informed the court that they would break the injunction again.
As the government doubles down on fossil fuel energy by β€œramping up supply” and breaks its manifesto commitment on fracking, Just Stop Oil supporters will continue to take nonviolent direct action to demand an end to this genocidal death project.
We accept the consequences of our actions and we don’t need you to feel sorry for us, we need you to step up and join us. This is the moment to come together and resist β€” join us from October 1st in Westminster.

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Sep 21
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🚨 BREAKING: ONE JUST STOP OIL SUPPORTER IMPRISONED WHILE 10 WALK FREE AFTER PEACEFUL RESISTANCE AT KINGSBURY OIL TERMINAL 🚨

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One Just Stop Oil supporter who appeared in a Birmingham court yesterday was sent back to prison and another 10 were given suspended sentences for sitting peacefully outside the Kingsbury Oil Terminal to demand an end to new oil and gas projects in the UK.
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7 #JustStopOil supporters are in prison

Emma Smart, continued to non-violently resist

The response she received from prison staff, has resulted in her requiring urgent medical attention. She is believed to have injuries to her face, head & wrist

#StandWithEmma #NewSuffragettes
All are peaceful in civil resistance to a government that is overseeing the destitution of 40% of UK households & expanding fossil fuel production. Protecting oil driven private profiteering and ignoring the physics

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