Activists take turns disrupting Shell annual assembly, a number of arrests

Local weather activists disrupt Shell’s annual shareholder assembly in London on Tuesday morning. They take turns standing up, talking or singing protest texts. Safety guards evacuated a number of demonstrators and lined up round Chief Commissioner Andrew Mackenzie.

The activists began round 11 a.m. When the chairman of the supervisory board Andrew Mackenzie welcomed Shell shareholders with a handful of phrases, he was interrupted by a local weather activist. “If you say Shell, I say hellshouted the activist on the London assembly venue.

The Scot Mackenzie tried to calm the activists after a couple of minutes. He requested if the protester would “sit down and take heed to the opinions of others. We would like a civilized debate.” Subsequently, a number of demonstrators – not seen within the assembly broadcast on-line – chanted, with the refrain “Go to hell Shell, don’t you come again no extra”.

At 12:10 pm, greater than an hour later than deliberate, the assembly began. Sometimes it’s nonetheless disturbed by a demonstrator.

Mackenzie’s appeals, as ultimately yr’s shareholder assembly, proved fruitless. Then the assembly needed to be suspended for 4 hours as a result of the demonstrators had glued themselves to their seats.

With the cooperation of Erik van der Walle.