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Let juries judge disruptive protesters like Just Stop Oil on their integrity – expert view

The UK Court of Appeal recently ruled on an appeal brought by 16 environmental activists serving prison sentences for planning or participating in a series of disruptive non-violent protests.

The Conversation

JSO co-founder one of six climate campaigners to have protest sentences reduced

Roger Hallam and 15 others appealed against their sentences at the Court of Appeal in January, with six having their jail terms reduced on Friday.

Evening Standard

Just Stop Oil co-founder Roger Hallam has sentence reduced after Court of Appeal win

Six climate activists have had their sentences reduced at the Court of Appeal

The Independent UK

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Just Stop Oil activists who plotted M25 protest chaos win bid to cut record-breaking prison terms

Judges agreed to cut the jail terms for the M25 protest plotters

Evening Standard

Six climate protesters have sentences reduced at Court of Appeal

Sixteen protesters challenged their sentences for their roles in climate demonstrations at the Court of Appeal in January.

The Independent UK

Just Stop Oil protesters’ jail sentences shortened after appeal

Judge says cofounder Roger Hallam’s term was ‘manifestly excessive’ as she cuts his and five other activists’ sentences

The Guardian - UK

Climate activists ‘did what they did out of sacrifice’, appeal court told

Lawyers invoke philosophies of Hannah Arendt and Henry David Thoreau in bid to have long sentences of 16 protesters quashed

The Guardian - UK

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Sixteen jailed UK climate activists to appeal against ‘unduly harsh’ sentences

Protesters will gather outside court of appeal in support of activists, who say judges defied decades of precedent

The Guardian - UK

Just Stop Oil appeals: Supporters protest outside High Court as prison sentences challenged

Just Stop Oil founder Roger Hallam, who is challenging his five-year prison sentence, among 16 activists appealing ‘corrupt’ sentences

Evening Standard

How scientists and the climate movement can work together

Letters: Dr Ol Perkins says activists have no need to overstate the case, Michael Symonds thinks academics and students worldwide need to prioritise saving the planet, and Dr Tristram Wyatt says there are groups of scientists wanting to do more

The Guardian - UK

Scientists prize neutrality – that doesn’t cut it any more. In 2025, they must fully back the climate movement

With 2024 set to go down as the hottest year on record, we know that what is coming is truly horrifying, say scientist Bill McGuire and campaigner Roger Hallam

The Guardian - UK

The Bright Side by Sumit Paul-Choudhury review – keep the glass half full

A powerfully inspiring study of optimism that avoids farcical good cheer

The Guardian - UK

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

Stonehenge climate protesters charged

Authorities are charging Just Stop Oil protesters with destroying or damaging an ancient protected monument

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Salon

Imprisoned climate protester speaks out

Just Stop Oil cofounder Roger Hallam spoke with Salon about overcoming climate despair and taking action

The Independent UK

Climate protesters should not get longer prison sentences than rapists and far right, says Greens co-leader

Exclusive: As the Green Party gathers in Manchester for its annual conference, co-leader Adrian Ramsay has questioned the lengths of the jail sentences handed to the M25 Just Stop Oil protesters

The Independent UK

Just Stop Oil protesters appeal record-breaking sentences for M25 disruption

The long sentences were criticised by environmental campaigners, actors and faith leaders

The Guardian - UK

Labour donor calls for review as Southport rioter is jailed for less time than Just Stop Oil protester

‘Two-tier policing’ claims are nonsense, but government is guilty of ‘two-tier sentencing’, says green energy boss Dale Vince

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Evening Standard

Just Stop Oil tactics are 'disastrous' and bad for fight to save planet, says Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband

He instead urged environmentalists to help to build a broader coalition for the battle against climate change

The Guardian - UK

Yes, five years in jail is too harsh, but the Just Stop Oil Five shouldn’t have done it

The urgent needs of the road users they held up were ignored during this climate crusade

The Guardian - UK

‘Not acceptable in a democracy’: UN expert condemns lengthy Just Stop Oil sentences

Michel Forst, UN special rapporteur, joins growing chorus of voices criticising jail terms handed to five defendants

Reason

Climate Protestors Sentenced to Jail for Blocking Major Roadway in Britain

Organizers of the highway obstruction will spend years in jail for their anything-but-peaceful protest.

The Conversation

Just Stop Oil’s harsh sentences are the logical outcome of Britain’s authoritarian turn against protest

Lengthy prison sentences have been imposed on five Just Stop Oil activists for coordinating direct action on the M25, the main ring road around London. For a non-violent protest, there is no equivalent in modern times.

International Business Times UK

Just Stop Oil Co-Founder Jailed For 5 Years After 2022 M25 Protest That Affected Over 500K Vehicles

Many of those who have supported the movement have shown concern over the court's decision to imprison the protesters.

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

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