logo
  • Home
  • National
  • Sylhet
    • Moulvibazar
    • Sunamganj
    • Habiganj
  • NRB News
  • UK News
  • International
  • Sports
  • Tourism
  • Entertainment
  • Business
    • Technology
    • Featured
    • Opinion
    • Health
    • Life Style
    • Photo Gallery
    • Sylhet Mirror Team
  • Home
  • National
  • International
  • UK News
  • NRB News
  • Sylhet
  • Sunamganj
  • Moulvibazar
  • Habiganj
  • Business
  • Featured
  • Health
  • Life Style
  • Opinion
  • Entertainment
  • Photo Gallery
  • Sports
  • SUST
  • Technology
  • Tourism
  • Sylhet Mirror Team
  • Contact us
  1. Home
  2. lead news
  3. London climate protest arrests top 700

London climate protest arrests top 700


Published: 21 April 2019, 3:33:53

Climate change activists walk near Oxford Circus in London on 20 April 2019, the sixth day of an environmental protest by the Extinction Rebellion group. Climate change activists continued their demonstration into a sixth day in London with protest camps at iconic locations despite over 700 arrests. Photo: AFPThe Extinction Rebellion environmental protests in London rumbled on into a sixth day Saturday as the total number of arrests hit 718.

Demonstrators were continuing to block Waterloo Bridge in the city and the central Oxford Circus junction despite the removal by police of the pink sailing boat which had acted as a natural focal point for the movement.

Some 28 people have been charged in relation to the protests, which have caused disruption for commuters in the British capital.

The protests are organised by the campaign group Extinction Rebellion, which was established last year in Britain by academics and has become one of the world’s fastest-growing environmental movements.

Campaigners want governments to declare a climate and ecological emergency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2025, halt biodiversity loss and be led by new “citizens’ assemblies on climate and ecological justice”.

Police have been trying to confine the protests to one site in London, at Marble Arch on the corner of Hyde Park, but the protesters have ignored the threat of arrest and continued to block other sites.

“We are trying our best to give the businesses a chance to return to ‘business as usual’,” police said.

“One thing that is unusual about this demonstration is the willingness of those participating to be arrested and also their lack of resistance to the arrests.”

The large number of arrests has created a “logistical problem” for the police in terms of cell space and also the “wider criminal justice system”.

lead news
CA to visit UK post-Eid for economic talks, fund recovery

CA to visit UK post-Eid for economic talks, fund recovery

Norway pledges continued support for interim govt

Norway pledges continued support for interim govt

Ex-MP Laila Parvin Sejuti sent to jail in subversive case

Ex-MP Laila Parvin Sejuti sent to jail in subversive case

‘Dearness allowance being actively considered’

‘Dearness allowance being actively considered’

Latest News
CA to visit UK post-Eid for economic talks, fund recovery
CA to visit UK post-Eid for economic talks, fund recovery
Norway pledges continued support for interim govt
Norway pledges continued support for interim govt
Rubio says Trump has offered no ‘concession’ to Putin
Rubio says Trump has offered no ‘concession’ to Putin
Australian central bank cuts key rate, warns of global disquiet
Australian central bank cuts key rate, warns of global disquiet
Ahmedabad to host IPL final in revised schedule
Ahmedabad to host IPL final in revised schedule
One to die in Habiganj triple murder case
One to die in Habiganj triple murder case
Uber launches subscription package for bike rider
Uber launches subscription package for bike rider
Ex-MP Laila Parvin Sejuti sent to jail in subversive case
Ex-MP Laila Parvin Sejuti sent to jail in subversive case
‘Dearness allowance being actively considered’
‘Dearness allowance being actively considered’
Refrain from disrespecting other political party men: Ishraque
Refrain from disrespecting other political party men: Ishraque
2 killed in Habiganj road accident
2 killed in Habiganj road accident
UK now best placed country on trade – Reeves
UK now best placed country on trade – Reeves
Family criticises law change on paedophiles’ parental rights
Family criticises law change on paedophiles’ parental rights
Supplier to major supermarkets hit by cyber attack
Supplier to major supermarkets hit by cyber attack
UK, France and Canada threaten action against Israel over Gaza
UK, France and Canada threaten action against Israel over Gaza


© 2023 Sylhetmirror.com All Rights Reserved
Editor : Mohammed Abdul Karim (Goni)
Executive Editor : Enamul Haque Renu
Office: Unit 2, 60 Hanbury Street London E1 5JL Email : sylhetmirror@gmail.com

Developed by: Web Design & IT Company in Bangladesh

Go to top