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Campaign groups to take part in appeal bids over M25 protest sentencing

Friends of the Earth said that it and Greenpeace UK would intervene in support of five protesters seeking to appeal against their sentences.

The Independent UK

Britain now stifles peaceful dissent like a repressive regime. It’s time to roll back our anti-protest laws

Under the Tories, non-violent climate protesters were jailed for up to five years – and there is little sign that Labour will change tack, says Linda Lakhdhir, legal director of Climate Rights International

The Guardian - UK

Just Stop Oil jail terms raise questions over harsh treatment of protesters

Lengthy prison sentences seen by many as heavy-handed and prompt comparisons with other offences

The Guardian - UK

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Five examples of the UK’s crackdown on climate protesters

As UN expert says UK’s actions are chilling and regressive, we look at some of the cases

The Guardian - UK

‘You can be happy in prison’: climate protester reflects on punishment

Morgan Trowland and Marcus Decker received the longest sentences given to non-violent protesters in UK

The Guardian - UK

Actors and academics criticise UK over climate ‘madness’ and limits on protest

Letter says government pushing ahead with new fossil fuel projects while criminalising activists who raise alarm

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak hits back at UN criticism of long jail terms for Just Stop Oil protesters

The prime minister said it was ‘entirely right that selfish protesters’ are handed ‘tough sentences’

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Rishi Sunak hits back at UN criticism of long sentences for climate protesters

The Prime Minister said it was ‘entirely right that selfish protesters’ are handed ‘tough sentences’.

The Independent UK

Just Stop Oil protesters’ jail terms potentially breach international law, UN expert says

Sentences risk silencing public concerns about the environment, climate change rapporteur Ian Fry says

The Guardian - UK

Just Stop Oil pair jailed over Queen Elizabeth II Bridge protest lose Supreme Court appeal bid

Morgan Trowland and Marcus Decker caused traffic chaos after using ropes and other climbing gear to scale the Dartford crossing

Evening Standard

Just Stop Oil pair jailed over bridge protest lose Supreme Court appeal bid

Morgan Trowland and Marcus Decker were jailed after using ropes and other climbing gear to scale the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge.

The Independent UK

Just Stop Oil protesters have appeals blocked over Dartford crossing sentences

Lawyers for Morgan Trowland and Marcus Decker had tried to challenge ‘extraordinary length’ of sentences

The Guardian - UK

Just Stop Oil protesters lose appeals against jail terms for scaling bridge

Morgan Trowland, 40, and Marcus Decker, 34, were jailed after using ropes and other climbing equipment to scale the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge.

Evening Standard

Just Stop Oil pair in bid to challenge ‘longest’ sentences for peaceful protest

Morgan Trowland, 40, and Marcus Decker, 34, were previously found guilty of causing a public nuisance after scaling a bridge on the Dartford Crossing.

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The Independent UK

Just Stop Oil pair jailed over bridge protest in bid to appeal against sentences

Morgan Trowland, 40, and Marcus Decker, 34, were previously found guilty of causing a public nuisance after scaling a bridge on the Dartford Crossing.

The Guardian - UK

Dartford Bridge protester warned not to talk to media from prison, says partner

Marcus Decker, who is serving long sentence for non-violent action last year, reprimanded by officials

Daily Mirror

Just Stop Oil protesters who blocked Dartford Crossing for 17 hours are jailed for YEARS

Morgan Trowland, 40, and 34-year-old Marcus Decker used ropes and other climbing equipment to scale the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, which links the M25 in Essex to Kent

The Independent UK

Judge ‘trying to set a precedent’ by jailing bridge protesters – Just Stop Oil

Morgan Trowland and Marcus Decker were jailed by a judge at Southend Crown Court.

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The Independent UK

Activists jailed over Dartford Crossing bridge protest

Prosecutor Adam King said the bridge was closed from 4am on October 17 last year to 9pm the following day.

The Independent UK

Just Stop Oil activists who shut down Dartford Crossing bridge in climate protest jailed

The activists say they climbed the bridge to deliver a ‘warning message’

The Independent UK

Activists face jail over Dartford Crossing bridge protest

Morgan Trowland, 40, and Marcus Decker, 34, were both found guilty of causing a public nuisance after they scaled the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge.

The Independent UK

Just Stop Oil activists guilty of public nuisance over Dartford Crossing protest

Morgan Trowland and Marcus Decker used ropes and other climbing equipment to shuffle up the cables of the bridge, Basildon Crown Court had heard.

The Guardian - UK

More than 100 writers sign letter in solidarity with jailed UK climate activists

Ben Okri, Simon Schama, Helen Pankhurst and AL Kennedy among those saying they ‘stand with’ protesters

Evening Standard

Dartford crossing ‘closed for foreseeable’ as Just Stop Oil protest continues

Essex Police chief said ‘I think they’re crazy.’

Daily Mirror

Dartford Crossing protester cries after climbing 275ft bridge to bring M25 to halt

Morgan Trowland, 39, was overcome with emotion as he spoke into the camera, saying he did not want to "sit back and watch everything I love burn for the rest of my life."

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