"We have been through a long and gruelling seven week trial which must have cost the state a small fortune. Much of this time was spent arguing about why we shouldn’t be allowed to explain our actions to the jury. We are now undertaking an appeal due to issues around the behavior of that jury. Is it any wonder they used their initiative to find out more after being fobbed off and sent out of the room numerous times during the trial?" #Climateprotest #JSO #DefendOurJuries
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/04/17/just-stop-oil-heathrow-jury/

"Emma’s daughter is one of over 40 political prisoners identified by campaign group #DefendOurJuries who have been jailed in the UK since July. The case of the Filton 18 has become emblematic of the UK’s increasingly repressive relationship with political #activism."

Judge flying in the face of ruling immortalised on the wall of the Old Bailey itself #juryequity
#DefendOurJuries
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/26/climate-protester-says-jurors-bullied-by-leeds-court-judge-to-find-her-guilty?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Ondertussen blijven BP & Uniper ongestoord vervuilen. In NL wil de VVD dezelfde harde repressiewetten als in het VK. Dit mogen we niet laten gebeuren!

- Klimaatrechtvaardigheid is geen misdaad!
- Sta op voor je demonstratierecht!

#StopRepressie #FreeTheActivists #TheLordWalney16 #DefendOurJuries [2/2]

@tombfowler popped out from #spycops inquiry today to join #defendourjuries protest nearby. Hear from protestors, including core participants in this inquiry https://youtu.be/v0LAm3KdT-4?si=D9zYsveLPxL-0IBY

The other Tom, Tom Harris, mentioned his book "Your Neighbour Kills Puppies: Inside the Animal Liberation Movement" - available from Veggies at #SumacCentre or https://www.veggies.org.uk/shop/#books

It exposes a murky world of institutional animal exploitation, government collusion & police spies desperate to silence dissent

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the land,
Good people prepared for the things they had planned;
Imprisoned, their friends, for what’s morally right,
But hope is not lost, we are winning this fight...

A carol for the truth-tellers, ending with a Christmas message from true royalty, Trudi Warner:
https://youtu.be/U4tKEEk0WKQ

#DefendOurJuries #FreePoliticalPrisoners

HT @defendourjuries

#DefendOurJuries
#PoliticalPrisoners
Defend Peaceful Protest

"The Free Political Prisoners exhibition occupied Petty France, outside the Ministry of Justice, calling for an end to the role of oil and arms industry lobbyists in silencing and jailing those who take action to hold those industries to account."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAtpahP_Ki0

Latest from #LedByDonkeys - about UK law and peaceful protest (projected onto Wormwood Scrubs prison) #DefendOurJuries #KeirStarmer
https://youtu.be/QCIjFL1thrc?si=w-vDNU59O95Af4Ut

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#ExtinctionRebellion #Oxford
#InsureOurSurvival #CutTheTies #DefendOurJuries

"MORE than 80 people held signs saying “juries deserve to hear the whole truth” outside Southwark Crown Court today in defiance of a judge who had arrested 11 for holding the same placards last week.

Last Tuesday, activists from #DefendOurJuries staged a silent protest while a trial took place involving #JustStopOil activists, who had been banned from talking about the impact of climate breakdown to jurors."

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/82-people-defy-crown-court-judge-protest-fair-trials
#NecessityDefense

Ridiculous that this FOI might need further updating #DefendOurJuries #publicmoney #ukpolitics
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/cost_of_trudi_warner_case#incoming-2632186
https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/may/15/trudi-warner-climate-activist-solicitor-general-appeal?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Today a letter signed by 300 people was delivered to Robert Courts, the solicitor general. Following actions across the country in 2023, including outside Oxford Crown Court, it requests that he prosecutes the signatories if he persists with prosecuting Trudi Warner.

Trudi Warner was arrested for standing outside Inner London Crown Court with a sign containing the same words as a plaque in the Old Bailey.

https://defendourjuries.org/press-releases/300-people-write-to-new-solicitor-general-since-youre-prosecuting-trudi-warner-you-should-prosecute-us-too/

#RightToProtest #RobertCourts #DefendOurJuries
#TrudiWarner

An especially good writeup of Monday's action to #DefendOurJuries across England & Wales. Beautiful case-study of meaningful local action - and #journalism https://westcountryvoices.co.uk/defend-our-juries-at-bournemouth-crown-court/

"Jurors have an absolute right to acquit a defendant according to their conscience."

When Trudi Warner, a retired social worker, was moved by the repressive measures which threatened this principle to take a stand, holding up a sign communicating the jury’s right to make decisions of conscience, she was arrested and sent to the Old Bailey (where the same message is displayed!)

Today we sat in solidarity outside Oxford Crown Court.

Photos: Zoe Broughton

#DefendOurJuries #Protest

Brilliant! #DefendOurJuries https://www.palestineaction.org/not-guilty-sohail/

Over 200 of us outside Crown Courts across England & Wales today to #DefendOurJuries. Useful opinion from a Professor of Criminal Law: https://barristermagazine.com/

UK Solicitor General has applied to have 68-year old #TrudiWarner committed to prison for silently speaking truth #PlanB #DefendOurJuries #GoodLaw
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/climate-activist-to-be-prosecuted-for-contempt-over-court-protest-pzbkh6nvf