Two supporters of the climate activism group Just Stop Oil have smashed the glass protecting the Magna Carta, an iconic British manuscript from the 13th century, on Friday.
According to Just Stop Oil, Reverend Dr. Sue Parfitt, 82, an active Anglican priest and author, and Judy Bruce, 85, a retired biology teacher, entered the British Library in London on Friday morning and “smashed the glass enclosure that surrounds the Magna Carta.” After this, the pair glued themselves to the document’s enclosure and held up a sign that said “The government is breaking the law,” Just Stop Oil said.
” London’s Metropolitan Police told CNN that it has arrested “two people on suspicion of criminal damage, both of which are currently in custody.” The Magna Carta is often regarded as the earliest declaration of human rights, credited with enshrining the rights of man in English law. According to the United Kingdom’s Parliament, the document was issued in 1215 and was the first “to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law.
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