I just participated in a protest outside the British Embassy in Stockholm.

We were demanding the release of five activists who were sentenced to a joint 21-year prison sentence, for planning a protest. In a democracy, how can peaceful protest carry such a sentence? The answer is it couldn’t - the british government had to introduce a new law in 2022 making this legal.

Ludvig protesting outside the British Embassy with the text “Free the activists! Stop the oil!”

The climate crisis is here and now. Every year heat records are broken, meaning that what was a record before becmes the new normal. But this new normal will be unlivable. People are dying from overheating, schools are closing due to heat. Extreme weather, floods, fires are becoming more frequent.

Every barrel of oil extracted adds to this. Every new oil field means a worse future for the earth. This is the real crime.

Free Activists! Stop Oil!