A group of 50 people are sitting peacefully outside the Kingsbury Oil Terminal holding banners, in breach of a injunction that Just Stop Oil says is designed to protect the profits of the oil industry.
The group says that this is the first of a series of non-violent actions in support of Just Stop Oil’s demand that the UK government end new oil and gas projects in the UK.
The injunction granted to North Warwickshire Borough Council on 14th April, gives sweeping powers of arrest to the authorities and effectively outlaws any protest activity near the Kingsbury Terminal, the largest inland oil storage depot in the country.
The Just Stop Oil supporters are likely to face a charge of contempt of court. If found guilty they could be imprisoned for up to two years. Six Just Stop Oil supporters are already in prison.
Just Stop Oil says it will continue in peaceful Civil Resistance until the Government agrees to end new oil and gas.
