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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Jailed climate activist wins appeal against deportation from UK

Marcus Decker waving as he enters a building
Marcus Decker entering the immigration tribunal in London, outside which hundreds of people were gathered to support him. Photograph: Sabrina Merolla/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

A climate activist who served one of the longest prison sentences in modern British history for a peaceful protest has won his appeal against deportation.

Marcus Decker was jailed for two years and seven months for a protest in which he climbed the Queen Elizabeth Bridge over the Dartford Crossing and unveiled a Just Stop Oil banner in October 2022. He was served with an automatic deportation order while in prison.

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