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No stopping us now

The lengths to which climate-action protesters will go to get their message heard is ratcheting up, but so, too, are the level of police action and the severity of the punishments being handed down by the courts. A much harder line is being taken against protesters, with higher costs imposed, along with other penalties.

A Kiwi from the “Just Stop Oil” group was recently given a three-year jail term

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