Despite the city-wide ban over the Extinction Rebellion protest, activists are still continuing their protest in the major areas of London and aims to face High court against the ban.
MP Caroline Lucas and Guardian columnist and activist George Monbiot with other who are bringing the court action seeking to overturn the order that was previously imposed by the Met.
Lawyers representing the climate protesters will argue in a preliminary session that a full hearing of the case should happen ‘as a matter of urgency’.
They will argue about the unlawful section 14 order imposed by the Met effectively which banned all XR protests in London.
At present, police are facing huge criticism over the ban on the protest.
Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott said, “the ban was completely contrary to Britain’s long-held traditions of policing by consent, freedom of speech, and the right to protest”.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan added, “I believe the right to peaceful and lawful protest must always be upheld.”
According to the police statement, 1,445 people had been arrested during eight days of protests in London.
Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor said, “After nine days of disruption we felt it is entirely proportionate and reasonable to impose this condition because of the cumulative impact of these protests.”
According to the police and XR source, today morning the protesters are seen creating incidents at several stations, including Canning Town and Shadwell as a part of the protest where activists climbed on top of trains.
Now Extinction Rebellion protesters are looking for world wide support and already they have achieved some feedback from Hong Kong and India.
Greta Thunberg tweeted about the ban, “If standing up against the climate and ecological breakdown and for humanity is against the rules then the rules must be broken.”
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