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Extinction Rebellion chain themselves to entrance of multinational law firm in Cardiff [1]
['Will Hayward', 'Ffion Lewis']
Date: 2023-02-28 15:24:18+00:00
Members of protest group Extinction Rebellion (XR) chained themselves to the entrance of a law firm in Cardiff.
The group, who campaign against the lack of action by policy makers to tackle the unfolding climate crisis, set up a blockade outside law firm Eversheds Sutherland at One Callaghan Square in Cardiff on Tuesday afternoon. Demonstrators wrote "defending climate criminals" in graffiti on the glass at the front of the building. A black liquid, seemingly used to represent oil, was poured on the front steps of the law firm, and other banners have been placed alongside.
Earlier, the group delivered a coffin to the Welsh Parliament. Wearing hazmat suits and black masks, the protesters were making a stand against what they say have been a "glut of applications" to extend coal mining licences in Wales and the "Welsh Government’s failure to protect future generations".
South Wales Police confirmed one person has been arrested following the demonstration at Callaghan Square. A 68-year-old man from Caerphilly had been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and remains in police custody.
Demonstrators stood on the steps of the Senedd bearing the sign "Rage against the dying of the light" and "No jobs on a dead planet". The Coffin was draped in a Welsh flag and had the sign "Betrayed by my government" in front of it. This is the first of several protests planned in the Welsh capital and wider UK today.
Extinction Rebellion Cymru spokesperson David France, 25, a carer from Welshpool, said: "Fossil fuel companies and their super-rich owners are primarily responsible for both the climate and cost-of-living crises. They’re making countless billions in excess profits, while regular people are made to go hungry, and while the Earth’s climate passes multiple tipping points.
"Public opinion is against them, but they’re using the vast amounts of money at their disposal to shore up their position and profit from their planet-wrecking practises as long as they can. Firms like Eversheds Sutherland take this dirty money and use the legal system to silence the voices of those who would speak out.”
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https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/extinction-rebellion-cardiff-senedd-protest-26349029
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