Arrested Weymouth Extinction Rebellion protestor ends hunger strike
Ecologist Emma Smart was refused bail after she was arrested in London last week
Last updated 20th Apr 2022
A Weymouth Extinction Rebellion protestor has ended her second hunger strike.
Emma Smart was refused bail by police last week after she was arrested during action at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in London.
It happened on Wednesday 13th April.
She was held until a hearing on Saturday 16th April in which she pleaded not guilty to criminal damage.
Emma declared a hunger strike during her time in jail in protest of her conditions. She also refused to drink anything.,
She's stopped now that she's been released and is due back before the courts in June.
The protests are part of a month of action by Extinction Rebellion, calling for an end to all new fossil fuel investments.