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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.
Powerful agribusiness interests are trying to overturn efforts by the Lula government to protect the environment and indigenous peoples of the Amazon region, writes GABRIELA SA PESSOA
Capitalism has exploited — and polluted — our natural resources for too long, it’s time we treated our rivers as living beings, writes MIRIUM GAUNTLETT, LIAM SHAW and ROX MIDDLETON
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
