Just Stop Oil protesters team up with pro-Palestine demo

2023-05-13

Just Stop Oil protesters team up with pro-Palestine demo in central London as they claim: ‘Palestinians are among most vulnerable on earth to effects of climate collapse’

Eco- protesters gathered in Parliament Square before moving on to Whitehall
Police said there were ‘road closures’ and they were ‘engaging’ with the group

Just Stop Oil activists have joined forces with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign in central London today as they claim Palestinians are among the ‘most vulnerable’ to the effects of climate change.

The eco-activists gathered in Parliament Square, before moving on to Whitehall past the Canadian Embassy, as the Met Police said they were ‘engaging’ with the procession.

Protesters could be seen holding their distinctive orange banners alongside the red, black, white and green of Palestinian flags.

But the group was also there to rally against the Government’s controversial Public Order Act which they claim has ‘criminalised protest’.

Others held placards reading ‘UK criminalising protest like Putin’ – while also condemning ‘imperialism’.

Protesters could be seen holding their distinctive orange banners alongside the red, black, white and green of Palestinian flags

The group was also there to rally against the Government’s controversial Public Order Act and some held placards reading ‘UK criminalising protest like Putin’

The protest was organised with the support of the Stop the War Coalition, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Muslim Association of Britain and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

The Met Police wrote on Twitter: ‘We are assessing a Just Stop Oil March in Whitehall. Road closures are in place and police are on scene engaging with the procession #westminster.’

And in another post, it said: ‘We are currently monitoring a march by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign through central London to Whitehall. Road closures are in place #westminster.’

A Just Stop Oil spokesman said: ‘Palestinians are among the most vulnerable people on earth to the effects of climate collapse, and in the daily struggle to survive in an apartheid state, they have no capacity to protect themselves against what is coming.

‘The Public Order Act has criminalised peaceful dissent. Anyone speaking up about the injustices wrought on Palestinians or calling out the corruption and criminality of the UK government, risks arrest.’

It comes after Just Stop Oil activists left commuters ‘very angry’ after they held a slow march in Camden Town, London, last week.

The eco-activists gathered in Parliament Square, before moving on to Whitehall past the Canadian Embassy, as the Met Police said they were ‘engaging’ with the procession

The group held up banners reading ‘Just Stop Oil’ and walked slowly in front of vehicles from Delancey Street to Chalk Farm. The protest was observed by police but officers did not intervene.

Some members of the public argued with the protesters, accusing them of holding up children on their way to school.

One woman, 53, said: ‘I am upset because my son has an appointment for over a month. Now, today, he is going to miss that appointment.

‘They might not be able to see him now until next month. He needed to attend that office today.’

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