US EditionFour Just Stop Oil activists jailed for plotting to disrupt Manchester Airport
- On May 27, 2025, four Just Stop Oil activists—Indigo Rumbelow, Daniel Knorr, Ella Ward, and Margaret Reid—were jailed at Manchester Crown Court for conspiring to disrupt Manchester Airport in August 2024.
- The activists planned to enter the airport by breaching the perimeter fence with bolt cutters and glue themselves to the taxiway as part of a global campaign demanding an end to fossil fuel extraction by 2030.
- The court heard their planned disruption would have caused significant delays and safety risks to tens of thousands of passengers, which the judge described as a highly organised and dishonest conspiracy.
- Rumbelow was sentenced to 30 months in custody, Knorr received 24 months, and Ward and Reid were each given 18 months. All were also required to pay £2,000 in legal costs, while some defendants protested during sentencing, warning that billions face fatal consequences if urgent measures are not taken and accusing the judiciary of being complicit.
- Despite imprisonment, the activists and supporters maintain their conscientious motives, warn the worsening climate crisis will drive ongoing protests regardless of legal consequences.
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Four Members of the British NGO "Just Stop Oil" Sentenced to Prison
On 27 May, the Manchester court sentenced four members of the British NGO "Just stop oil" to prison terms. They had been arrested in August 2024, prior to an action at Manchester airport, in the context of the international uprising "Oil Kills" the oil kills, whose aim was to block 31 airports around the world to demand an end to fossil fuels. Recognized guilty of "conspiracy to cause a public nuisance" in February 2025, they were placed in pre-…
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