LawyersAreResponsible
@LawyersAreResp
SOME lawyers are responsible as they enable new fossil fuel projects. OTHERS (like us) take responsibility to combat #climatedisaster
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https://www.lar.earth 08-12-2022 21:49:41
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“The real criminals are the fossil fuel corporations (…) it is them or us” and that is why Melinda Janki says she is leading litigation against #ExxonMobil in Guyana
#ClimateOfInjustice
LawyersAreResponsible Defend our Juries Palestine Action Just Stop Oil fantastic conference of activists committed to fighting for #ClimateActionNow academics activists lawyers doctors all willing to face personal hardship to keep our planet alive
Our third panel is now underway on why the Solicitor General is applying to commit Trudi Warner to prison. The panel is chaired by environmental journalist Isabella Kaminski
#ClimateOfInjustice
Dr Ayo Kahlil has an important message which he brought to the #ClimateOfJustice conference today.
'We don't want our institutions... repressing their employees, their students, their workers who are pushing for justice' ⚖️
Isabella Kaminski Prof. Richard Vogler, Sussex Law explains that;
Juries acting on their conscience 'is a fundamental right upon which all others depend. Without it all our civil liberties are at risk!'
Isabella Kaminski Retired social worker Trudi Warner held up a sign outside a court reminding juries of their right to act according to their conscience.
'I've now been referred to the Attorney General... its Kafkaesque!'
Dr Ayo Khalil - “it’s our duty to speak out against these ills of society that are all intertwined. Our regulators - the state and institutions are suppressing that and saying that we should comply with authoritarian and oppressive norms”
#ClimateOfInjustice
Ayo Khalil talking about the crucial work of supporting students when they speak out against injustice, such as the genocide in Palestine, and face university disciplinaries, which can take on a chilling and harsh atmosphere of their own #ClimateOfInjustice
The writer Natasha Walter is among those attending today's #ClimateOfInjustice conference
'The government is moving fast at the moment to criminilise protesters... I think it is so important to remember that protest is actually an important part of a functioning democracy'
I’m being inspired and enraged this morning at #climateofinjustice conference Centre for Climate Crime & Climate Justice LawyersAreResponsible . Hearing from activists and lawyers about the intense repression of protest in a time of emergency. With Raj Chada Helen Pankhurst Just Stop Oil ++