UK court hands prison terms to climate activists who threw soup on Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’
Their sentences are the latest in a string of similar punishments handed to climate activists for engaging in disruptive protests against the use of fossil fuels.
UK Just Stop Oil duo jailed for throwing soup at Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'
LONDON (Reuters) -Two climate activists from Just Stop Oil who threw soup at Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" painting in London's National Gallery were on Friday jailed for criminal damage. Phoebe Plummer,
Climate protesters throw soup on Van Gogh painting
Activists protesting fossil fuels were seen throwing tomato soup on Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" painting in London's National Gallery on Oct. 14, 2022.
Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ targeted again as protesters are sentenced to jail
A judge said he hoped to deter protests when he handed down lengthy terms for the two activists, who dumped soup on the painting in 2022. Later that day, activists did it again.
Climate activists throw soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers again at London gallery
Climate activists threw soup over Vincent van Gogh's painting "Sunflowers" again at London’s National Gallery on Friday.
Climate activists throw soup on two Van Goghs, just hours after others are sentenced to jail
A U.K. judge on Friday sentenced two climate protesters to nearly two years in jail each for flinging soup over the world-famous painting “Sunflowers” in 2022.
Climate Activists Get Prison Time for Throwing Soup at Van Gogh Painting
Climate activists Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland were sentenced on Friday after throwing soup at Vincent Van Goh's "Sunflowers."
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