XR defies protest ban
Trafalgar Square, London, UK. Wed 16 Oct 2019
A man who thinks he is funny speaks for the 'Expiry Party' whose policy
is to make all breeding illegal.
A woman dressed as a sea creature
Rupert Read
Many wore black tape across their mouths, gagged as a protest against
the ban on free speech
'Article 11 - Freedom of Assembly - Right to Protest Peacefully -
Freedom of Association' These are human rights
A protester reads the Daily Rebel
Police warn a man he may be liable to arrest for breach of the Section
14 order
and they hand him a Seciton 14 warning notice
A man argues with police, asking them why they are picking on some
people and not others
XR Buddhists arrive and get meditating
Rupert Read speaks
Police warn some protesters that this is an illegal assembly
and come and take a tent away from one man sitting quietly with it.
He had no intention of erecting it here
but had hoped to be able to find a place he could put it to sleep
tonight.
but they take it away - it is illegal to have any means of shelter
here.
George Monbiot arrives and is questioned about his intention to get
arrested
and holds up a notice 'I'm Assembling with Extinction Rebellion in
Breach of Section 14'
Julia Steinberger, Professor of Ecological Economics and one of the
authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report
Science journalist and TV presenter Dr Emily Grossman
Extinction Rebellion spokesperson Donnachadh McCarthy
A man holds up a sign 'The Planet is Dying!! Are You Waiting For A
Sign??'
The steps are filling up and people are nowstanding in the centre
of the square
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