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#ExtinctionRebellion blocks entrance of EU Commission in #Brussels
40 activists of XR Europe are blocking the entrance to the Berlaymont building of the @EU_Commission@twitter.com. 10 activists are superglued to the entrance doors.
We demand an ecocide law!
#EUstopEcocriminal
The main entrance to a central building of the EU Commission is inaccessible. The Belgian police are on site.
"Corporations and lobbyists must be named, held accountable and prosecuted for their actions," said Aktis @xrFrance@twitter.com
#CriminaliseEcocide
Ecocide must be included as a 5th international crime on the Rome Statute of the Internat. Criminal Court
The new proposal by EU Justice Commiss. @dreynders@twitter.com and EU Environment Commiss. @VSinkevicius@twitter.com includes a list of environmental crime offenses, but ecocide is not included.
Ecocide is a criminal offence and the perpetrators must go to prison. Today is a historic opportunity for the recognition of the crime of ecocide at the EU level.
#EUstopEcocriminals #StopEcocide
Video statement by @MieuletCleo@twitter.com.
@MieuletCleo@twitter.com A recent report by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) warns that various planetary boundaries have already been crossed and that the world is moving "towards a global collapse scenario."
#CriminaliseEcocide #EUWeWantToLive
Statement by a @XR_Belgium@twitter.com rebel ⬇️
@MieuletCleo@twitter.com @XR_Belgium@twitter.com In the meantime, 20 people were arrested by the police and their personal details taken.
All of them are now free again. This pan-European action is over, but it has led to new contacts and cooperation.
#EUStopEcocriminals
#CriminaliseEcocide
#BiodiversityNow
#EUWeWantToLive
The peaceful action of civil disobedience comes just days before EU leaders meet in Brussels. The European Parliament has repeatedly expressed support for an #ecocide law.
#EUstopEcocriminals
#BiodiversityNow
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