BHP Billiton - Dirty Energy protests - pics

Campaigners from London Mining Network, Kick Nuclear, Colombia Solidarity Campaign, London Rising Tide, Occupy London and other groups gathered outside and inside Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton's central London AGM to protest the company's record of environmental damage and forced displacement of indigenous communities in Colombia, Australia, Indonesian Borneo and elsewhere, due to its extraction of dirty fuels, including coal and uranium.

Some of the group later visited the Australian High Commission, demanding to speak to an official about BHP's uranium mining activities and exploration on aboriginal lands in South and Western Australia. The 'diplomatic protection' police were called by the High Commission. When the police arrived, the protesters were ordered to leave the building.

See also the following reports on the AGM and demo:
http://londonminingnetwork.org/2011/10/bhp-billiton-agm-protest-london-20-october-2011/
http://london.indymedia.org/articles/10589

Outside the QE2 Exhibition Centre, near Parliament Square, Westminster

Outside the Australian High Commission on the Strand

Inside the Australian High Commission

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Links:

London Mining Network

Kick Nuclear

Colombia Solidarity Campaign

Occupy London

Piplinks

Down to Earth

London Rising Tide

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