Extinction Rebellion blocks two printing plants in UK

A newspaper printing press (illustration).

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Twenty-six people were arrested near Liverpool and London (United Kingdom) this Saturday morning after the blockade of two printing plants by activists of Extinction Rebellion (XR).

During the night from Friday to Saturday, several dozen activists blocked access to the sites of the Newsprint group.

The environmental group accuses newspapers, mainly those of the News Corp group of magnate Rupert Murdoch, of not reporting properly on "the climate and ecological emergency".

They wanted to block newspaper production for the weekend.

This @XRebellionUK tension structure blockading the billionaire press site is genius and is, I think, the contemporary face of High Tech architecture.

I'd argued #XR are the last remaining authentic High Tech architects.

Hear me out.

1/7 pic.twitter.com/6IdcuZFy1f

- Phineas Harper (@PhinHarper) September 6, 2020

XR, a criminal organization?

Twenty-six people were charged with "aggravated trespassing" before being released on conditions after the Knowsley printing plant was blocked, according to the local police statement on Sunday.

Fifty other people have been taken into police custody after another printing plant in north London was blocked.

This spectacular action has been condemned and denounced as an attack on press freedom in the country.

According to the British agency PA, the Home Secretary intends to reconsider how Extinction Rebellion is viewed under British law.

XR could thus be classified as a criminal organization, a hypothesis considered "ridiculous" by the association.

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