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Charity which holds power to account for climate breakdown and exposes the fossil fuel industry's subversion of jury trials and democracy #DefendOurJuries
May 31, 2024 4 tweets 2 min read
1. CRISIS OF CONSCIENCE IS FELT ACROSS HEALTH PROFESSION, AS MEDICS FACE JURY TRIAL FOR BREAKING WINDOWS AT J.P. MORGAN

Trial of six medical professionals for taking action ahead of deadly July 2022 heat-wave to start on Monday 3 June

See 🧵planb.earth/wp-content/upl…Image 2. THE CLIMATE CRISIS THREATENS CATASTROPHIC AND IRREVERSIBLE HARM TO PUBLIC HEALTH, WITH THE YOUNG, THE ELDERLY AND THE VULNERABLE ON THE FRONTLINE

But as World Health Organisation calls for end to 'self-sabotage' @WHO ...Image
Apr 14, 2024 4 tweets 2 min read
1. For all of us working on 'the legal pillar' this was the week we've been waiting for

*ECtHR rules state failure to align policy to Paris Agreement is UNLAWFUL

*UN Rapporteur gives top cover to life defenders

*Leading journalist offers to join Trudi signholders! 🧵 Image 2. Strasbourg confirms it is the failure to prevent catastrophic climate change that violates fundamental law

politico.eu/article/monume…
Mar 23, 2024 5 tweets 2 min read
1. #DefendOurJuries legends Dr Clive Dolphin and Trudi Warner have a message for the Lady Chief Justice

*Climate crisis is not an 'opinion'
*Genocide is not a 'belief'

pic credit @RealMediaGB 🧵 Image 2. Juries have been acquitting those resisting both climate breakdown and genocide in Gaza on the basis of belief in consent:

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Mar 22, 2024 5 tweets 2 min read
1. BREAKING: Mass public call for the suspension of 'dangerous embarrassment' Judge Reid after he threatens jury with criminal charges

More than 1,800 sign letter to Lady Chief Justice, including Chris Packham, groups of lawyers and doctors and people from all walks of life 🧵 Image 2. CALL COMES AFTER JUDGE REID:

* questions reality of the climate crisis
* imprisons people just for using the words 'climate change' in court
*threatens jury with prosecution if they apply their conscience to the trial of environmental defenders Image
Feb 26, 2024 9 tweets 3 min read
1. The mask slipped from the British legal system last Wednesday as court security at the Royal Courts of Justice forcefully ejected members of the public, conducting a peaceful and lawful assembly 🧵 Image 2. The law rolls out the red carpet for the crime bosses of Fujitsu, BP and Elbit Systems, who persecute our sub-postmasters, pollute our land, air and waters, and profiteer from genocide in Gaza

theguardian.com/environment/20…
Jan 24, 2024 6 tweets 2 min read
1. For the second time in 2024, @RishiSunak @VictoriaPrentis your measures to crush environmental defenders draw international condemnation 🧵

edition.cnn.com/2024/01/23/cli… 2. You understand that the Aarhus Convention is legally binding on the UK and that the implication of the Special Rapporteur's report is that these measures are unlawful?

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Nov 4, 2023 9 tweets 3 min read
1. A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAS IN GAZA 🧵

In 1999, the Palestinian National Authority (‘PNA’) signs a 25 year contract for gas exploration with British Gas (‘BG’) Image 2. IN 2001, BRITISH GAS DISCOVERS HUGE GAS FIELD OFF GAZA COAST, estimated to contain one trillion cubic feet of gas

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Oct 23, 2023 10 tweets 4 min read
1. YOUNG WOMAN ARRESTED IN DAWN POLICE RAID FOR HOLDING A SIGN WITH THE LAW ON IT

At 6.15am on Wednesday 18 October, 5 policemen pulled up outside the house of @IndigoRumbelow in an unmarked police car 🧵 Image 2. THEY THREATENED TO BREAK DOWN HER DOOR. After her housemate opened the door, they handcuffed her, still in her pyjamas, and arrested her. Her house was searched and papers, leaflets and banners seized. She was taken into police custody, interviewed and released 8 hours later.
Sep 25, 2023 13 tweets 4 min read
1. BREAKING: TODAY, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE NATIONWIDE replicate the action of #TrudiWarner, the 68 year-old retired social worker, threatened with prison for upholding the law on a sign 🧵 Image 2. LAST WEEK, the Solicitor General @Michael4MDNP announced he would apply to the High Court for Trudi’s committal to prison, while @attorneygeneral launches a police investigation into others who held similar signs



@EditorsUKbit.ly/3PmN2eu
Sep 19, 2023 9 tweets 3 min read
1. BREAKING: @Michael4MDNP, the UK Solicitor General, will apply for the committal to prison of Trudi Warner, for holding up a simple and truthful sign outside court 🧵

@GoodLawProject @attorneygeneralbit.ly/3Rs3FrD 2. This follows the news last week that @metpoliceuk has launched a criminal investigation into numerous others for holding up similar signs Image
Sep 14, 2023 12 tweets 4 min read
1. BREAKING: @metpolice launches criminal investigation into people holding signs outside court for 'perverting the course of justice' 🧵 Image 2. LAWYERS REACT: Lawyers describe action as ‘absurd overreach’ and an ‘assault on freedom of speech’



@LawyersAreResp @paulpowlesland @UKSupremeCourtbit.ly/3EXq7BP
Aug 17, 2023 7 tweets 3 min read
1. BREAKING: 40 members of the public send letter to Solicitor General saying “if you prosecute Trudi Warner, you should prosecute us too”



🧵 https://t.co/iYLmNA3dFCbit.ly/44ciLVc
Image 2. In July, the Solicitor General, Michael Tomlinson KC, threatened 68 year-old retired social worker, Trudi Warner, with contempt of court proceedings, for literally upholding the law on a sign Image