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The Whole Truth Five (from left to right) Lucia Whittaker De Abreu, Cressida Gethin, Louise Lancaster, Daniel Shaw and Roger Hallam
[Just Stop Oil]
SIXTEEN Just Stop Oil activists jailed for a combined 41 years for non-violent action vowed to “never give up” today.
The activists were sentenced after the former so-called independent extremism adviser Lord Walney, a lobbyist for the arms and oil industry, urged the harshest response for those resisting genocide, whether from carbon emissions or Israeli bombs.
His report, released last May, urged that groups like Palestine Action and JSO be treated like organised crime groups.
SYLVIA HIKINS welcomes a an in-depth study of environmental activism that shows how governments work against citizens who put community before profit
![Fossil Free London activists protest outside the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero demanding new Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh scrap the Rosebank oil field [Pic: Fossil Free London]](https://morningstaronline.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/desktop/public/2026-07/IMG_4346.jpg.webp?itok=SaOs2Sue)
As fossil fuels have had their day, JOSIE MIZEN makes it clear that it is now the government’s responsibility to initiate the transition to alternative employment in a manner that is organised, efficient and effective