More than 60 activists from the environmental group Just Stop Oil were arrested Monday in London in front of Parliament where they launched a month of mobilization against the British government’s new oil and gas projects.
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The arrests of 62 activists took place in the morning on the road around Parliament Square, where the Palace of Westminster is located, London police wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
Activists had just started marching there, disrupting traffic.
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According to a press release from the Just Stop Oil organization, which reports 65 arrests, the police positioned themselves across the road to prevent the activists from walking peacefully, and immediately began to arrest them.
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The activists, accustomed to punchy actions, said they were ready to march peacefully “today and every day, until the police take measures to pursue the real criminals, who facilitate the exploitation of new deposits oil and gas.
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Every day in November, Just Stop Oil plans to organize marches of this type in London to protest against the hundreds of additional oil and gas licenses in the North Sea, granted by the British government last July, even if it means Stop.
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The conservative government is very upset against the shocking actions of organizations such as Just Stop Oil, unpopular with motorists, and has toughened the legislation to allow their arrest, giving rise to numerous trials in recent months.
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At the same time, he decided to grant new hydrocarbon licenses, which earned him accusations of calling into question his climate commitments. He justifies his policy by the need for energy security while the consumption of fossil fuels continues during the transition to renewable energies.