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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Maroosha Muzaffar

Reverend, 97, among 100 arrested as climate protest shuts down world’s largest coal port

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A 97-year-old man was among the 109 people arrested as climate protesters refused to leave after a 30-hour blockade of one of the world’s largest coal ports in Australia.

“I am doing this for my grandchildren and future generations,” Alan Stuart, 97, said in a statement before his arrest.

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