Why not lift injunction?
Shell’s refusal to lift their injunction is indication enough that their approach is to lock up the very people with whom they need to dialogue. Opinions vary concerning Shell’s apparently incomprehensible reluctance to lift the injunction. It is argued that Shell does not want to have to pay compensation for wrongful imprisonment, or misleading the High Court, in the first instance, in applying for the injunction. Others suggest it is merely typical of Shell’s behaviour, as evidenced worldwide, an attitude of contempt for opposition and an inveterate intransigence in their pursuit of corporate and financial gain. Some campaigners have suggested that Shell refuses to lift the injunction because they wish to punish those who have challenged their assumed authority to do whatever they like, with the lives, lands and livelihoods of those who are in their way. Whatever the reason, the Rossport 5 have entered their seventh week in jail.
