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Climate protesters are taking action against Big Oil
UK courts are handing them prison terms akin to rapists and thieves
Fox, Kara http://www.cnn.com/2024/09/14/climate/uk-climate-protests-policing-laws-prison-intl/index.html
Publisher: CNN
Date Written: 14/09/2024
Year Published: 2024
Resource Type: Article
Just Stop Oil protesters jailed after highway blocked.
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In late July, a London court found Gethin and four other members of the Just Stop Oil activist group guilty of “conspiring intentionally to cause a public nuisance,” after recruiting protesters to climb structures along the M25 — a major ring road around London — bringing traffic to a standstill in parts over four days in November 2022.
Prosecutors alleged that the protests, organized over a Zoom call, disrupted more than 700,000 drivers, caused economic damage of over £760,000 ($980,000) and racked up £1 million ($1.3m) in policing costs.
Now Gethin and three others — Louise Lancaster, Daniel Shaw and Lucia Whittaker-De-Abreu, who planned the disruption on the call — are serving four-year jail terms, while Just Stop Oil co-founder Roger Hallam was given five years. All are appealing.
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