The five Greenpeace activists arrested this Thursday after a protest in which four climbed on the roof of the house of the British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, in North Yorkshire, in the north of England, have been released on bail, according to Police reported this Friday.
The protesters – three men and two women – wanted to condemn the Conservative prime minister’s support for the expansion of oil and gas extraction in the North Sea.
Four activists climbed onto the roof and a fifth accessed the gardens of Sunak’s property in the village of Kirby Sigston, within the constituency he represents.
“The five suspects who were arrested following the Kirby Sigston protest on August 3 have been released on conditional police bail to allow for further investigation. The investigation is ongoing.” North Yorkshire.
The demonstrators were detained after five hours of peaceful protest when the house was empty, since Sunak, his wife and their two daughters left on vacation for California (United States) on Wednesday.
The activists used ladders and harnesses to climb in the morning to the roof of the house, valued at about 2 million pounds (2.3 million euros), and once on top they unfolded a 200-square-meter black cloth.
The government announced this week that it will grant 100 new licenses to companies for the exploration and possible extraction of fossil fuels from the North Sea.
