‘Time is running out’: Extinction Rebellion activists on why they risked arrest

We talk to some of the hundreds of XR protesters charged with public order offences

• Scores of Extinction Rebellion protesters face London courts

Hundreds of people who were arrested for their part in the peaceful Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests in April are being taken to court charged with public order offences under section 14.

Here we talk to some of them and hear why the scale of the climate crisis means they were prepared to risk arrest.