The case of public nuisance brought against three Just Stop Oil supporters who disrupted the British Open golf tournament in 2023 has been thrown out by Judge Woodhall at Liverpool Crown Court.
The case of public nuisance brought against three Just Stop Oil supporters who disrupted the British Open golf tournament in 2023 has been thrown out by Judge Woodhall at Liverpool Crown Court.
Other protests also get criminalized. The Gaza protests were a classic example, Black Lives Matter in the US also got beaten down hard in some places and there are plenty of other examples. However there are also other things going on. The big fossil fuel companies are mulit national, so if something works in one country they use a similar tactic in others as well. Thats what organizations like the Atlas Network are for.