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ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners vowed to fight on yesterday after the High Court granted UK Oil and Gas part of the “draconian” injunction it sought.
UKOG pressed for an “unprecedented, wide-ranging” injunction against “persons unknown” and six named defendants to prevent peaceful protests at oil-drilling sites at Broadford Bridge in West Sussex and Horse Hill in Surrey, as well as its head office in Guildford.
Stephanie Harrison QC, for the defendants, previously told the court that the injunction as drafted would “undoubtedly prohibit and criminalise” the actions of protesters and would affect their “fundamental rights” to demonstrate lawfully.
Trade unionists must raise our voices not only for justice and against occupation, but also to protect our fundamental right to protest, writes LOUISE REGAN, ahead of a not-to-be-missed PSC conference
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results
