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CLIMATE activists continued to assert their right to protest in central London today despite threats by the Metropolitan Police to arrest them.
Just Stop Oil supporters are in their third week of protest against fossil fuel projects in Britain.
The protests this week follow arrests of dozens of protesters during the coronation weekend, including 19 activists from the group.
The group said that police threatened today to impose conditions under the Public Order Act (Section 12) “in a bid to stifle legitimate dissent.”
A Just Stop Oil spokesperson said: “The [Act] and specifically Section 12 notices are being used to remove the British public’s right to peacefully oppose government policies that threaten the lives of hundreds of millions of people.
“Marching has been an integral means of bringing about social change for centuries, be it for those seeking universal suffrage, those seeking to gain equality, or those seeking to make transport accessible for disabled people.”
