Just Stop Oil protesters block road during city centre march
Activists spark disruption with demo
ANTI-FOSSIL fuel protesters stopped to block a busy stretch of Sauchiehall Street yesterday afternoon as they marched through the city.
Images shared with the Glasgow Times show a large group of Just Stop Oil activists sitting in the middle of the road at the corner of Sauchiehall Street and Renfield Street.
The group first gathered at Garnethill Park before marching through the city to George Square stopping to block traffic and pedestrians along the way.
They later dispersed just after 2.30pm.
This is just the latest in a series of demonstrations that the group has held in and around the city.
Last Tuesday, activists gathered at the Nustar Clydebank facility in an attempt to stop oil from leaving the site by sitting on top of pipes.
More than thirty people were arrested as a result of the stunt.
Just Stop Oil describes itself as ‘a coalition of groups working together to ensure the Government commits to halting new fossil fuel licensing and production’.
Although a large police presence was in place for the duration of the protest, it has been described as a ‘peaceful event.’
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 1.15pm on Sunday,
May 8, officers attended a protest march from the Garnethill area of Glasgow to George Square.
“There were no concerns and the group dispersed around 2.40 pm. “Police Scotland is a rights-based organisation that puts our values of integrity, fairness, respect and a commitment to upholding human rights at the heart of everything we do.
“This means that we will protect the rights of people who wish to peacefully protest or counter-protest, balanced against the rights of the wider community.”