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Germany Sit-in blockade at London airport: activists arrested

SDA

29.7.2024 - 14:15

HANDOUT - This photo released by Just Stop Oil (JSO), shows environmental activists blocking the departure gates at Gatwick Airport this Monday. Seven people entered the South Terminal at around 8am and "used suitcases with locking devices to block the departure gates", according to JSO. Photo: Just Stop Oil/PA Media/dpa - ATTENTION: For editorial use only in connection with current reporting and only with full attribution to the above credit
HANDOUT - This photo released by Just Stop Oil (JSO), shows environmental activists blocking the departure gates at Gatwick Airport this Monday. Seven people entered the South Terminal at around 8am and "used suitcases with locking devices to block the departure gates", according to JSO. Photo: Just Stop Oil/PA Media/dpa - ATTENTION: For editorial use only in connection with current reporting and only with full attribution to the above credit
Keystone

Several climate activists have been arrested for a sit-in blockade at London's Gatwick Airport. Several protesters had entered a terminal in the morning and sat on the floor.

29.07.2024, 14:15

This was reported by the British news agency PA. The airport is still operating normally. Eight demonstrators were arrested.

The protest group Just Stop Oil published a video showing activists with labeled T-shirts, orange placards and blocks sitting in front of a passageway. Passengers climb over them with luggage.

Gatwick Airport is located south of London and is one of several airports in the British capital region. The Just Stop Oil movement regularly protests for more climate protection. For example, it is calling for the extraction and use of oil, gas and coal to be phased out by 2030. Most recently, several activists were sentenced to prison for planning a highway protest lasting several days.

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