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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Sandra Laville Environment correspondent

Geldof and Colman urge Home Office to reconsider climate activist’s deportation

A protester holds a picture of Marcus Decker during a demonstration outside the Royal Courts of Justice
A protester holds aloft a poster featuring Marcus Decker during a demonstration outside the Royal Courts of Justice last July. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Sopa Images/Shutterstock

Leading actors and musicians including Bob Geldof, Olivia Colman and Emma Thompson are calling on the Home Office to reconsider the “harsh deportation” of a climate activist who is serving one of the longest prison sentences in modern British history for peaceful protest.

Along with the musicians Brian Eno and Jacob Collier, they are among about 600 artists who are urging James Cleverly to withdraw the deportation order issued to Marcus Decker.

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