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George Monbiot on the record jail terms given to Just Stop Oil activists

George Monbiot on the record jail terms given to Just Stop Oil activists

Science Weekly vor 2 Jahren

Columnist and campaigner George Monbiot tells Ian Sample why the record sentences handed down to Just Stop Oil activists are so significant

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Last week, five supporters of the Just Stop Oil climate campaign
who conspired to cause gridlock on London’s orbital motorway were
sentenced to lengthy jail terms by a judge who told them they had
‘crossed the line from concerned campaigner to fanatic’. Columnist
and campaigner George Monbiot tells Ian Sample why the sentences
are so significant, how they fit into a crackdown on protest in the
UK in recent years, and what impact they could have on future
climate activism in the UK. Help support our independent journalism
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