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Greenpeace activists scale building over delays in oceans protection treaty
Four Greenpeace activists unfurl a banner saying "Lammy don't dally" - calling for Foreign Secretary David Lammy to sign the Global Ocean Treaty into UK law - after scaling the King Charles Street Archway, outside the Foreign Office in Westminster, central London, April 3, 2025
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FOUR Greenpeace activists were arrested today after scaling a building outside the Foreign Office in protest over delays in signing an international treaty protecting oceans.
The protesters unfurled a banner as they suspended themselves from columns on the King Charles Street Archway in Westminster before coming down voluntarily.
Three men and one woman were safely detained and arrested under Section 1 of the Public Order Act, and on suspicion of aggravated trespass and criminal damage, the Metropolitan Police said.
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