Stonehenge is one of the most important prehistoric megalithic monuments in the world due to its size, sophisticated plan and architectural precision.
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Two climate activists, belonging to the Just Stop Oil collective, were arrested for spraying orange paint on the megalithic monument of Stonehenge, located in southern England, which was built between the end of the Neolithic period and the beginning of the Bronze Age.
“Officers went to the scene and arrested two people suspected of damaging the monument,” the police reported, as the site prepares to receive thousands of visitors during the summer solstice, which occurs between June 20 and 22.
The events were recorded on video and were even broadcast by the same organization, which argued that its actions were motivated by future licenses for oil and gas extraction, which the Labor Party promised to stop if it came to power.
“The UK government-in-waiting has committed to implementing Just Stop Oil’s original demand to ‘produce no new oil and gas’. However, we all know that this is not enough. Continuing to burn coal, oil and gas will kill millions of people. We have to unite to defend humanity or we risk everything. “That is why Just Stop Oil demands that our next government sign a legally binding treaty to phase out fossil fuels by 2030,” argued a Just Stop Oil spokesperson.
The substance “will soon disappear with the rain, but the urgent need for effective government action to mitigate the catastrophic consequences of the climate and ecological crisis will not,” the environmental organization stated in X.
The attack on the monument was condemned by the British Conservative Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, who denounced “a shameful act of vandalism against one of the oldest and most important monuments in the United Kingdom and the world.” During his government, in which works of art have been attacked and sports competitions and shows interrupted, the law on the right to demonstrate has been tightened in an attempt to prevent the actions of this group, founded in February 2022.
Labor leader Keir Starmer, favorite to become prime minister after the July 4 elections, which could put an end to fourteen years of conservative governments, has also denounced the way the environmental organization acts.
Built in stages between approximately 3000 and 2300 BC, Stonehenge is one of the most important prehistoric megalithic monuments in the world due to its size, sophisticated plan and architectural precision.
