Greenpeace defends 11 activists on trial for 2021 gas terminal protest
Spanish prosecutors seek five years prison for climate activists; Greenpeace calls the case political persecution of lawful dissent.
What to know
- Eleven Greenpeace activists went on trial September 22 in Valencia for a 2021 port action blocking a U.S. liquefied gas tanker.
- Spanish prosecutors seek five years imprisonment for aggravated public disorder; Greenpeace maintains the protest was lawful, peaceful civil disobedience.
- Greenpeace frames the prosecution as part of a global campaign to suppress climate activism and intimidate groups challenging fossil fuel industries.
Eva Saldaña Greenpeace España executive directorInés Díez Greenpeace lawyerSpanish Prosecution (Fiscalía) Prosecutor in the case
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Trial of 11 Greenpeace activists begins in Valencia
The activists faced trial on charges of aggravated public disorder. Spanish prosecutors requested five years in prison for each defendant.
“Protestar no es un delito, es una herramienta imprescindible de progreso social y de salud democrática…”
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Greenpeace, sobre el juicio a 11 activistas: “Fue una protesta pacífica, es una persecución”
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Greenpeace, sobre el juicio a 11 activistas: "Fue una protesta pacífica, es una persecución" https://www. eldiario.es/comunitat-valencia na/greenpeace-juicio-11-activistas-protesta-pacifica-persecucion_1_13528202.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Greenpeace condemns prosecution as persecution of lawful protest — Greenpeace held a press conference aboard its Arctic Sunrise vessel in Valencia port, declaring the prosecution political persecution and part of a global campaign to suppress climate activism. Executive director Eva Saldaña and lawyer Inés Díez defended the 2021 action as peaceful and within the right to protest.
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Greenpeace activists block gas tanker at Sagunto port — Eleven Greenpeace activists conducted a direct action at Sagunto port to prevent a U.S. liquefied gas ship from entering. The organization describes the action as peaceful, transparent, and strictly non-violent.