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Climate activists sentenced to jail for defacing Van Gogh's Sunflowers painting

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Two climate activists, Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland, were sentenced to 2 years and 20 months in jail respectively for an incident in October 2022. They had pleaded not guilty. The sentence was described as "draconian and disproportionate" by Greenpeace UK's co-executive director. Plummer stated she is happy with her choices. In a separate incident, three other protesters threw soup on two Van Gogh paintings just hours after the sentencing.

  1. GB
    Christopher Hehir
    Southwark Crown Court
    1. You had no right to do what you did to 'Sunflowers'.
    2. That must be reflected in the sentences I pass.
    3. The pair of you came within the thickness of a pane of glass of irreparably damaging or even destroying this priceless treasure.
    4. Soup might have seeped through the glass. You couldn't have cared less if the painting was damaged or not.
    5. You have appointed yourself as the sole arbiters of what should be done about climate change.
  2. GB
    Just Stop Oil
    1. There are people in prison for demanding an end to new oil and gas.
  3. GB
    Will McCallum
    Greenpeace
    1. This is a draconian and disproportionate punishment for a protest that caused minor damage to a picture frame and none to the actual canvas.
    2. Protest is by its nature inconvenient and occasionally messy. These defendants do not deserve to spend years behind bars for standing up for a liveable planet.
    3. It's another grim milestone in the ongoing crackdown on peaceful protest waged by the last government.
  4. GB
    Phoebe Plummer
    1. What is worth more -- art or life?
    2. I made my choices and I'm happy with them.

Climate Activists

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  3. Climate protesters arrested for vandalizing Stonehenge monument with orange paint

sources

  1. 1.France 24
  2. 2.The Times of India
  3. 3.The Washington Post

perspectives

  1. 1.Protests
  2. 2.Climate Change
  3. 3.Misdemeanor

countries

  1. 1.GermanyDE
  2. 2.United KingdomGB
  3. 3.ItalyIT

organizations

  1. 1.Just Stop OilGB
  2. 2.Greenpeace
  3. 3.National Gallery
  4. 4.Southwark Crown Court

persons

  1. 1.Vincent Van Gogh
  2. 2.Anna Holland
  3. 3.Christopher HehirGB
  4. 4.Phoebe PlummerGB
  5. 5.Will McCallumGB
  6. 6.Claude Monet
  7. 7.John Constable
  8. 8.Rishi SunakGB

technicals

  1. 1.Sunflowers
  2. 2.Wimbledon
  3. 3.British Open
  4. 4.Hay Wain
  5. 5.Les Misérables
  6. 6.Trafalgar Square
Climate activists sentenced to jail for defacing Van Gogh's Sunflowers painting