{"id":28131,"date":"2024-07-29T07:03:42","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T11:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=28131"},"modified":"2024-07-29T07:03:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T11:03:42","slug":"eight-just-stop-oil-activists-arrested-at-gatwick-airport-after-departure-gate-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2024\/07\/29\/eight-just-stop-oil-activists-arrested-at-gatwick-airport-after-departure-gate-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight Just Stop Oil activists arrested at Gatwick Airport after departure gate protest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eight Just Stop Oil protesters have been arrested at Gatwick airport after activists used suitcases with lock-on devices to demonstrate near a security gate.<\/p>\n

Seven activists entered the airport’s southern terminal at around 8am, the protest group said, as an image showed the protesters sitting on the floor and blocking an entrance.<\/p>\n

A London Gatwick spokesperson said at around 9.15am that the airport “is open and operating normally today”, adding: “There are a small number of protestors at the airport who have now been arrested and are being removed from the airport.”<\/p>\n

In a statement, Sussex Police said eight people were arrested on suspicion of interfering with public infrastructure, and added “a heightened police presence should be expected at this time”.<\/p>\n

Video posted by Just Stop Oil also shows travellers walking over the activists, whose hands were seen inside the lock-on devices.<\/p>\n

“As long as political leaders fail to take swift and decisive action to protect our communities from the worst effects of climate breakdown,\u00a0Just Stop Oil<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0supporters, working with other groups internationally, will take the proportionate action necessary to generate much needed political pressure,” the group said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“This summer, areas of key importance to the fossil fuel economy will be declared sites of civil resistance around the world.”<\/p>\n

The group added the protest at Gatwick comes as part of the international campaign Oil Kills, and said 21 groups across 12 countries have demonstrated at 17 airports so far.<\/p>\n

Just Stop Oil said the international campaign follows reports that the world saw its\u00a0hottest days on record two days in a row<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0last week.<\/p>\n

It comes after two Just Stop Oil activists were\u00a0found guilty of criminal damage<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0last week after throwing soup over Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers painting.<\/p>\n

Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland, both aged 22, threw a can of Heinz tomato soup over the masterpiece at the National Gallery in London\u00a0in October 2022<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: \u00a0\"Sky<\/a> news.sky.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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