Another seven Just Stop Oil supporters acquitted after Waterloo Bridge slow march

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Seven Just Stop Oil supporters were found not guilty at Southwark Crown Court on 3 June, two and a half years after slow marching on Waterloo Bridge to demand an end to new oil and gas licensing. On 8 November 2023, Rev Sue Parfitt, Mollie Somerville, Catherine Nisbet, Greta Dargie, Hannah Schafer, Sally Davidson and Sam Mead were among approximately 50 supporters who joined a slow march around the IMAX roundabout before heading north over Waterloo Bridge. They were arrested and charged with Section 7 of the Public Order Act 2023, interference with key national infrastructure. This offence was used for…

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Raise the Colours’ Ryan Bridge bailed after assault at protest

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Ryan Bridge, the co-founder of Operation Raise the Colours, has been arested and bailed on suspicion of assault. Bridge, alongside hundreds of others, attended a ‘Stop the Boats’ protest in Brighton on Saturday 14 June where there were counter-protestors supporting Carnival Against Fascism. Birmingham Live shared a statement from Sussex Police confirming: A 44-year-old man from Worcestershire was arrested on suspicion of common assault. He has been conditionally bailed until 14 July. The newspaper also published that Ryan Bridge had shared he was arrested in a video circulating online. In it, he’s wearing a t-shirt with blood on it. Speaking on the…

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