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Climate change activists defy police ban to keep London protests going

2019-10-16 09:14:46       source:CBS News

October 15, 2019


London — Climate change activists staged fresh protests in London on Tuesday after police banned them from the city Monday evening, evicting them from their main camp in Trafalgar Square and declaring that anyone continuing to protest could face arrest and prosecution. The protests — organized by the group Extinction Rebellion — have entered their second and final week. The activists are demanding political leaders take action on climate change.


Demonstrations continued Tuesday morning in defiance of the ban, however, and organizers said they had "taken the first steps towards a judicial review" of the move by London's Metropolitan Police force. One of the group's co-founders, Gail Bradbrook, climbed onto the entrance of the Department for Transport in London, and there were other protests in Trafalgar Square. Bradbrook was quickly arrested, but the Trafalgar Square demonstration continued, with police surrounding activists carrying signs saying: "Peaceful protest is a human right."


"I commend all of you, now, standing here, possibly breaking the law," Sarah Lunnon, a member of Extinction Rebellion, told the crowd at Trafalgar Square on Tuesday. "You're on the right side of history."


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