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Extinction Rebellion
Protesters gathered exterior the websites owned by Rupert Murdoch’s Information Company
Extinction Rebellion protesters have blocked roads exterior printing presses owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
The Information Corp websites, in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Knowsley, Merseyside, produce copies of a number of nationwide papers.
Campaigners mentioned they wished to stop titles together with The Solar, The Occasions and the Each day Mail from reaching retailers on Saturday.
Hertfordshire Police mentioned there have been about 100 protesters at Broxbourne.
Extinction Rebellion mentioned it was additionally holding a protest in Holytown, close to Motherwell, to disrupt distribution of The Scottish Solar.
It has accused the newspapers and their house owners of “failure to report on the local weather and ecological emergency” and “polluting nationwide debate” on dozens of social points.
Hertfordshire Police mentioned its officers had been participating with the group and “working to facilitate the rights of each the protestors and people affected by their presence”.
Extinction Rebellion has deliberate 10 days of motion and demanded the federal government declare a local weather and ecological emergency.
On Thursday, greater than 300 individuals had been arrested throughout protests in central London.
