Start your Independent Premium subscription today.Activists chained themselves to bamboo structures and used vans and a boat to obstruct the roads at Newsprinters printing works in Police arrested a total of 80 people, including 30 people in XR apologised to newsagents for the disruption, which left shelves empty in some parts of the country, but claimed “the right wing media is a barrier to the truth”. Extinction Rebellion activist, Gully Bujak, 27, says: “You cannot have a functioning democracy with a mainstream media that is ruled by a small, unrepresentative sect of society, who are in bed with politicians and the fossil fuel industry. This content is not available in your region BREAKING: Extinction Rebellion blocks News Corps Printworks and demands they FREE THE TRUTH As the printing presses crank up, #ExtinctionRebellion groups in … Extinction Rebellion is calling for a binding target of zero net-emissions before 2025, overseen by a citizens' assembly.
Extinction Rebellion activists hold up signs at blockade outside Newsprinters' Broxbourne plant.
People have the right to read the However Labour MP Dawn Butler appeared to praise XR in a quickly-deleted tweet reading: “Bravo ExtinctionRebellion. Extinction Rebellion blockade of UK newspaper printing plants 'completely unacceptable': Johnson
Hundreds of people have been arrested.Last year, more than 1,700 arrests were made during Extinction Rebellion’s 10-day “Autumn Uprising,” which disrupted traffic and business activity in several parts of the U.K. The group also called on The protests drew an angry response from home secretary Priti Patel, who Mr Johnson tweeted: “A free press is vital in holding the government and other powerful institutions to account on issues critical for the future of our country, including the fight against climate change.“It is completely unacceptable to seek to limit the public’s access to news in this way.”The blockade was also criticised by Jo Stevens, Labour’s shadow digital, culture, media and sports secretary, who said: ”A free press is vital for our democracy.
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BORIS Johnson today blasted the "completely unacceptable" Extinction Rebellion print protest, saying a free press is vital.
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Waltham Cross, UK. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles. Three activists from Glasgow were pictured standing outside the gates holding a banner reading: “Free the Truth”.XR staged several other events in central London on Saturday afternoon, including a “Citizens Assemble!” sit-in protest at Trafalgar Square and a five-a-side football match targeting Premier League sponsors Barclays over its financing of fossil fuels companies.The Metropolitan Police said on Saturday evening they had reported 20 people for £10,000 fines over breaches to coronavirus regulations.Officers also seized a 20ft model boat named after teenage activist Greta Thunberg in Kennington, south London, as it neared the end of its week-long journey from Brighton.‘A free press is vital in holding the government to account,’ says prime ministerIndependent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. We need to Free the Truth. It seems a free press isn’t important to XR or @metpoliceuk - worrying times," tweeted Sarah Knapton, science editor at The Daily Telegraph.Meanwhile, the i newspaper's policy editor, Jane Merrick, tweeted: "Stopping the printing of newspapers that belong to a free press is Not a Good Look.
You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment.The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. "Newsprinters, which operates the printing plants, said the protest was an “attack on all of the free press.”Extinction Rebellion has blocked roads and bridges in several British cities since Monday as part of two weeks of civil disobedience to press for stronger action against climate change. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates.Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughtsPlease be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughtsPolice and fire services at the protest outside Newsprinters printing works in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire.Boris Johnson condemns Extinction Rebellion newspaper protests More than a dozen Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters have been arrested after blockading two UK printworks owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch. But it is not acceptable for those who wish only their voices to be heard to attempt to silence others.”A smaller protest near Motherwell, which aimed to disrupting the distribution of Saturday’s Scottish Sun newspaper, ended without any arrests.
Excellent work...”Newsprinters said the protests had prevented workers from doing their jobs and left newsagents facing a “financial penalty” because of the delays to deliveries.The Federation of Independent Retailers (NFRN) said the protests had hit home delivery operations, including for the “elderly and vulnerable”, and that members were having to deal with “angry customers”.Ian Murray, executive director of the Society of Editors, said: “Everyone has the right to peacefully protest and make their voices heard, after all that is what a free press is all about. Extinction Rebellion said all remaining protesters ended their demonstration at 11 am. The climate emergency is an existential threat to humanity.