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Jailed climate activist wins appeal against deportation from UK

Marcus Decker was served with deportation order while in prison for unveiling Just Stop Oil banner over Dartford Crossing

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2025

Jailed climate activist facing deportation from UK fights ‘crazy double punishment’

Marcus Decker is supported by climate experts, religious leaders and celebrities as he fights being first person in UK to be ‘deported for peaceful protest’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2025

Climate activists ‘did what they did out of sacrifice’, appeal court told

Lawyers invoke philosophies of Hannah Arendt and Henry David Thoreau in bid to have long sentences of 16 protesters quashed

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2025

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Just Stop Oil appeals: Supporters protest outside High Court as prison sentences challenged

Just Stop Oil founder Roger Hallam, who is challenging his five-year prison sentence, among 16 activists appealing ‘corrupt’ sentences

Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2025

Campaign groups to take part in appeal bids over M25 protest sentencing

Friends of the Earth said that it and Greenpeace UK would intervene in support of five protesters seeking to appeal against their sentences.

The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2024

You may find Just Stop Oil annoying. You may dislike their tactics. But they do not belong in prison

These protesters are shouting ‘fire’ while the world burns. A society that locks them up cannot be called democratic, say campaigners Chris Packham and Dale Vince

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2024

Just Stop Oil jail terms raise questions over harsh treatment of protesters

Lengthy prison sentences seen by many as heavy-handed and prompt comparisons with other offences

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2024

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Victimise people who raise a voice in Britain? Then destroy their families? Not in my name

Marcus Decker dared to protest the climate crisis and was punished. Now he could be deported, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2024

In a world built by plutocrats, the powerful are protected while vengeful laws silence their critics

In the UK and around the world, those who challenge rich corporations are being hounded and crushed with ever-more inventive penalties, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2024

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

Exclusive: Actors and musicians condemn ‘harsh deportation’ of Dartford Crossing protester Marcus Decker

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2024

Five examples of the UK’s crackdown on climate protesters

As UN expert says UK’s actions are chilling and regressive, we look at some of the cases

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2024

‘You can be happy in prison’: climate protester reflects on punishment

Morgan Trowland and Marcus Decker received the longest sentences given to non-violent protesters in UK

The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2024

Nine arrested after Just Stop Oil slow-march in Whitehall again

This is the second day in a row Just Stop Oil activists have been arrested in Whitehall

Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2023

Rishi Sunak hits back at UN criticism of long jail terms for Just Stop Oil protesters

The prime minister said it was ‘entirely right that selfish protesters’ are handed ‘tough sentences’

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2023

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The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2023

Rishi Sunak hits back at UN criticism of long sentences for climate protesters

The Prime Minister said it was ‘entirely right that selfish protesters’ are handed ‘tough sentences’.

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2023

Just Stop Oil protesters’ jail terms potentially breach international law, UN expert says

Sentences risk silencing public concerns about the environment, climate change rapporteur Ian Fry says

The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2023

Hammocks, dawn raids and court dates: the fight to save a London tree

Protesters trying to save a tree in Stroud Green that the council wants to axe say it’s a battle that should concern us all

The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2023

Human rights experts warn against European crackdown on climate protesters

UK has led the way, with countries across the continent making mass arrests, passing draconian new laws and labelling activists as eco-terrorists

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Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2023

Just Stop Oil pair jailed over Queen Elizabeth II Bridge protest lose Supreme Court appeal bid

Morgan Trowland and Marcus Decker caused traffic chaos after using ropes and other climbing gear to scale the Dartford crossing

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023

Just Stop Oil pair jailed over bridge protest lose Supreme Court appeal bid

Morgan Trowland and Marcus Decker were jailed after using ropes and other climbing gear to scale the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2023

Just Stop Oil protesters have appeals blocked over Dartford crossing sentences

Lawyers for Morgan Trowland and Marcus Decker had tried to challenge ‘extraordinary length’ of sentences

Evening Standard · Jul 31, 2023

Just Stop Oil protesters lose appeals against jail terms for scaling bridge

Morgan Trowland, 40, and Marcus Decker, 34, were jailed after using ropes and other climbing equipment to scale the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge.

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2023

The most troublesome protestors since the Suffragettes? Yes, but I back the Just Stop Oil disrupters

They might block your road and derail your sporting event, writes Alan Rusbridger, but they are on the right side of history

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023

Just Stop Oil pair in bid to challenge ‘longest’ sentences for peaceful protest

Morgan Trowland, 40, and Marcus Decker, 34, were previously found guilty of causing a public nuisance after scaling a bridge on the Dartford Crossing.

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023

Just Stop Oil pair jailed over bridge protest in bid to appeal against sentences

Morgan Trowland, 40, and Marcus Decker, 34, were previously found guilty of causing a public nuisance after scaling a bridge on the Dartford Crossing.

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