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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Sandra Laville

Court restrictions on climate protesters ‘deeply concerning’, say leading lawyers

Insulate Britain activists blocking traffic in Parliament Square
Insulate Britain activists blocking traffic in Parliament Square. The group says it wants to put pressure on the government to insulate UK homes to reduce carbon emissions. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Restrictions placed on non-violent climate protesters who have been tried in criminal courts were part of a “deeply concerning” “pincer movement” narrowing their rights to free expression, leading lawyers have told the Guardian.

Three Insulate Britain activists are serving jail terms for contempt of court for breaching rulings made by a judge that they were not to mention the climate crisis, fuel poverty or the history of the peaceful civil rights movement to juries.

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