A UK court on Friday sentenced two climate activists to prison for throwing soup at Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting at the National Gallery in London back in 2022. The activists, members of the British environmental group Just Stop Oil, targeted the renowned artwork in an effort to draw attention to their climate change cause.
This sentencing follows an earlier legal action in June, where five other Just Stop Oil members received prison sentences for organizing protests that blocked the M25 orbital motorway around London. These acts were part of a series of demonstrations by the group aimed at urging the government to halt new oil and gas projects in the UK.
