Christmas in jail for Climate Activists in Copenhagen - help now!

Hi,

I know your thoughts are likely on the coming holiday, but we need your help now.

Fourof our activists face Christmas in jail over charges relating to apeaceful protest at the Heads of State dinner at the Copenhagen climatesummit.

We're calling for the immediate release of the activists - please help us by writing to the Danish Embassy today.

Theactivists joined Heads of State from over 120 countries en route to thebanquet at the Danish Parliament. They arrived in a three-vehicleconvoy and stepped out onto the red carpet as representatives of themillions of people around the world who wanted a fair, ambitious andlegally binding treaty to head-off climate catastrophe.

Theyheld up banners reading: "Politicians Talk, Leaders Act", and demandedaction, not just words from Presidents and Prime Ministers during theirFriday session of the climate summit.

Whilethe political leaders who are the perpetrators of real crime inCopenhagen have now fled the country on private jets, the Danishauthorities decided to detain, without trial, four peaceful protestersover Christmas.

Theirfamilies will spend a bleak festive season knowing that their lovedones will be languishing in isolation for acting to save the climate.For standing up in defense of the hundreds of millions of people andcountless species which will be severely affected by catastrophicclimate change.

Thefour activists - Juantxo, Joris, Nora, and Christian - were willing torisk jail time to do something about climate change and look forward topresenting their arguments in court. But keeping them apart from theirfamilies and loved ones over Christmas and New Year is both inhumaneand out of all proportion to what they did.

Now they need your help. Please take a few minutes to write to the Danish Ambassador requesting their immediate release. Thank you for your support.

Jamie Woolley
21 December 2009

PS. You can read the wrap-up from the climate summit on our site. World leaders walked away without a treaty that protects the climate. They're not done yet, and neither are we.

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