Emma Smart, 44, one of nine scientists with the Extinction Rebellion arrested at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), had gone on a hunger and thirst strike to protest the conditions in which they were being held. She was kept in a basic cell without windows, constantly illuminated by fluorescent light. While the other eight scientists were released on bail on Thursday, police said they would hold Smart until she appears in court on Saturday because she had a record breach of bail. On Friday night, police called an ambulance to the Charing Cross police station to transport Smart to the hospital. According to her supporters, she was willing not to waste the hospital’s resources and received rehydration treatment and was then re-detained by the police. He was released on Saturday after appearing in Westminster court. Smart was one of a group of 25 scientists who demonstrated at the BEIS building in Westminster on Wednesday. They stuck poster-size pages of climate science papers on the glass front, and some, including Smart, stuck their hands in the window and used spray chalk to put extinction symbols on the glass. Scientists gather for XR member detained by police after climate protest – video Metropolitan police said he had been charged with criminal damage. The force said: “Smart was arrested at the scene and charged the next day. He was remanded in custody pending trial in Westminster. Because the courts are closed on public holidays, the due date is Saturday, April 16th. “Bail decisions are made on a case-by-case basis and address a number of issues, including, for example, whether there is a risk to the public or the detainee, the likelihood of non-compliance with any warranty or flight conditions and any previous the duration of the guarantee payment. “As long as people are in custody, the officers have a duty to take care of their well-being and will ensure that the medical needs of all detainees are taken into account. Health professionals are available in each care suite. ” On Friday, Peter Kalmus, the NASA climate scientist who took part in a scientific conference on climate change in the United States, offered his support to Smart and called on others to join the political disobedience protests. “My heart is in Emma, she is at the next level of danger. “I am grateful for what she is doing and I hope people start supporting her,” said Kalmus. “The best way to support Emma is to start doing political disobedience on your own. Because, as more and more of us begin to do this kind of action, the risk to all of us begins to diminish. “To the governments that are imprisoning Emma and trying to quell this kind of protest: you are on the wrong side of the story and it is absolutely clear now.” Smart has a history of environmental activism, having taken part in high-profile demonstrations with Insulate Britain.
