Court Solidarity: No Dash for Gas Sentencing
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March 14, 2013 13:14
by No Dash For Gas |
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The 21 activists from No Dash for Gas who shut down EDF's West Burton gas fired power station for a week and then fought off EDF's £5 million lawsuit are being sentenced at Nottingham Magistrates Court at 10am on Wednesday 20th March.
Some defendnts face possible prison sentences.
Supporters are invited to come down and show solidarity outside the courtroom from 9.30am.
Update: Sentencing now expected on 6th June.
On Wednesday 20th March, most of the twenty-one campaigners from No Dash For Gas will be sentenced for their part in a protest at an EDF power station. There is a possibility that some of them may be jailed. If they are, we will stand with them.
Last year they abseiled into the flues of the West Burton gas-fired plant and lived inside the chimneys, blocking the plant's scheduled opening the following day and stopping 20,000 tonnes of CO2 over the course of their week-long occupation. They were incredibly brave, they did what they did in the name of climate justice, and now they need us.
If they receive jail sentences it will be a turning point for our movement. It will be the first time that climate campaigners have been jailed in Britain, and we will mark that moment.
Sentencing has been scheduled to coincide with the budget, no doubt in the hope that the media will be distracted. But we won't be.
If defendants are jailed, there will be a protest vigil outside EDF HQ in Victoria, London.
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Published: March 14, 2013 22:58
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pt
<b>Stop Press:</b> Sentencing has been <a href="http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=627016737325122&id=558469730852935">postponed</a> from 20th March due to industrial action. Vigil at EDF Energy, 40 Grosvenor Place, Victoria, London SW1X 7EN also postponed, possibly until May or June. Updates on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/549817328384415/">f*cebook</a>, although it is a pity that non-facebook supporters are unable to see this page (although edf etc prabably can).
More at <a href="https://nottingham.tachanka.org/articles/5454">Notts Indymedia</a> . <a href="http://m.guardian.co.uk/environment/no-dash-for-gas">The Guardian</a> . <a href="http://www.nodashforgas.org.uk/">www.nodashforgas.org.uk/</a> . <a href="http://www.edfoff.org/">EDF*off</a> . <a href="https://twitter.com/nodashforgas">Twitter</a>
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Published: March 14, 2013 23:05
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pt
the vigil at EDF Energy, 40 Grosvenor Place, Victoria, London SW1X 7EN is also postponed, possibly until May or June. Updates at http://www.facebook.com/events/549817328384415/
More at http://m.guardian.co.uk/environment/no-dash-for-gas, http://www.nodashforgas.org.uk/, http://www.edfoff.org and https://twitter.com/nodashforgas
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Not happening on Weds 20th March
We have just found out that this court date WILL NOT be happening on Weds 20th March. The court date has been put back, probably to some time in May or June, its not apparent yet. We will update when we know more.
There will probably be sentencing of 4 of the 21 people at Nottingham Magistrates court on Tuesday 2nd April, although it may be put back too.