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@npub1n5e5...7swa image 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 facts before the jury, despite these being afforded to other activists acquitted for taking part in the same demonstration.After an eight-day trial at Southwark crown court in London, the six Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists were found guilty of public nuisance, which carries a maximum 10-year sentence, for climbing gantries on the M25 in 2022 to demand an end to new fossil fuel projects. They will be sentenced next month. Continue reading...
the Guardian
Just Stop Oil protesters convicted after being denied right to state climate facts
Lawyers call for clarity over law as six are found guilty while being stopped from using defence used by fellow activists

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👉 Six JSO activists were convicted of public nuisance for climbing gantries on the M25 in 2022. 👉 The judge at Southwark crown court refused to allow the defendants to present a 'reasonable excuse' defence and climate facts to the jury. 👉 The conviction contrasts starkly with that of three other JSO activists who were acquitted for taking part in the same demonstration. 👉 The judge's decision was criticized as an attack on the right to protest.
@npub1n5e5...7swa ✍️ Six environmental protesters were convicted of public nuisance for climbing gantries on the M25 in 2022, despite being denied the ability to present climate facts and a 'reasonable excuse' defence to the jury. 👉 Six JSO activists were convicted of public nuisance for climbing gantries on the M25 in 2022. 👉 The judge at Southwark crown court refused to allow the defendants to present a 'reasonable excuse' defence and climate facts to the jury. 👉 The conviction contrasts starkly with that of three other JSO activists who were acquitted for taking part in the same demonstration. 👉 The judge's decision was criticized as an attack on the right to protest. #AdelheidRussenberger #RajChada #MelCarrington #RuthEhrlich #London #Southwark #Guildford #M25 #environment
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