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Activists vindicated and court recognises right to peaceful protest

Posted by davewalsh - 22 August 2011 at 5:50pm - Comments
Red Carpet activists outside the Danish courts, Copenhagen
All rights reserved. Credit: Christian Åslund / Greenpeace
The 11 activists outside the Danish courts before today's verdict

Good news from Denmark: the Red Carpet trial has finally ended, with a victory for freedom of expression - the Danish court clearly recognised the place that peaceful protest needs to occupy in a democracy, and the importance of standing up for what you believe in.

The “Red Carpet 11” – Joris, Nora, Juan, Christian, Morton, Victor, Dima, Melanie, Guilhem, Thomas and Anders – received suspended sentences instead time in prison, fines or deportation from Denmark.

Article tagged as: climate change, COP15, cop17, copenhagen, direct actions, red carpet, red carpet four

News from Copenhagen: The Red Carpet activists have been charged

Posted by davewalsh - 10 March 2011 at 4:07pm - Comments
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace

I’m typing these words from the Greenpeace office in Copenhagen, about a ten-minute walk from the Danish Parliament, where nearly 15 months ago, three Greenpeace activists were arrested for politely and peacefully calling on some 120 heads of state attending a royal banquet to take urgent climate action.

Article tagged as: activism, climate change, copenhagen, red carpet

Esperanza heads north to investigate ocean acidification

Posted by davewalsh - 3 June 2010 at 1:45pm - Comments

It's a long, long way from Germany to Svalbard, but the Esperanza has arrived at Ny Ålesund, just 1,231km from the North Pole, for the start of the Arctic Under Pressure expedition. Around 2,500 people and about 3,500 polar bears live in Svalbard, an archipelago set of islands 60 per cent covered by glaciers (that's about 36,500 sq km of ice!). We're very, very far north in a wild, wild place.

Article tagged as: arctic, climate change, esperanza, ocean acidification, oceans, ships

Updated: Heathrow Third Runway Slammed by High Court

Posted by davewalsh - 26 March 2010 at 12:47pm - Comments

Campaigners leave the High Court victorious this morning after the result of a judicial review into the planned third runway at Heathrow declared that the plans were 'untenable'.

UPDATED 20 April 2010: Fantastic news! Both the climate and common sense have scored a major victory at the High Court today, where the Government's plans for a 3rd runway at Heathrow have been dealt a huge blow.

Article tagged as: airplot, climate change, heathrow, high court, judicial review, third runway

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