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More people are being jailed in England and Wales as a result of acting to prevent climate breakdown and the war in Gaza, research revealsBritain has created a new breed of political prisoners through the systematic incarceration of people acting to pr…
Study of 1,300 campaigners finds arrests, fines and jail terms increase determination of activists to take direct actionThe criminalisation of direct action climate protests in the UK is counterproductive and increases the determination of activists to…
Marcus Decker was served with deportation order while in prison for unveiling Just Stop Oil banner over Dartford CrossingA climate activist who served one of the longest prison sentences in modern British history for a peaceful protest has won his appe…
Marcus Decker is supported by climate experts, religious leaders and celebrities as he fights being first person in UK to be ‘deported for peaceful protest’A climate activist who is appealing against his deportation after serving one of the longest pri…
Exclusive: Just Stop Oil activist was banned from attending gatherings, including meeting a friend in a cafe, without permissionEnvironmental protesters are being given licence conditions on release from jail that are supposed to be limited to extremis…
Lawyers call for clarity over law as six are found guilty while being stopped from using defence used by fellow activistsSix environmental protesters were convicted after they were denied the ability to put a “reasonable excuse” defence or climate fact…
FoI requests also reveal that since 2019 less than 3% of those held under law in London were prosecutedPolice in London have been accused of abusing their powers to curb protest after research found that less than 3% of arrests for conspiracy to cause …
Just Stop Oil, the group that made headlines for high-profile stunts to protest use of fossil fuels, said it was ending protests in museums after achieving its initial demand.
Final gathering in April will mark end of street protests although campaign to continue ‘in courts and prisons’Supporters of the climate group Just Stop Oil have announced that, after three years of disruptive protests, they are ending their campaign o…
Judge says cofounder Roger Hallam’s term was ‘manifestly excessive’ as she cuts his and five other activists’ sentencesA lengthy jail sentence handed to the Just Stop Oil cofounder Roger Hallam was “manifestly excessive”, the country’s most senior judg…