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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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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

Britain now stifles peaceful dissent like a repressive regime. It’s time to roll back our anti-protest laws

Under the Tories, non-violent climate protesters were jailed for up to five years – and there is little sign that Labour will change tack, says Linda Lakhdhir, legal director of Climate Rights International

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 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

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

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‘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

Actors and academics criticise UK over climate ‘madness’ and limits on protest

Letter says government pushing ahead with new fossil fuel projects while criminalising activists who raise alarm

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 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

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 Independent UK · Nov 21, 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 20, 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

Evening Standard · 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 Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023

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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 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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The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2023

Dartford Bridge protester warned not to talk to media from prison, says partner

Marcus Decker, who is serving long sentence for non-violent action last year, reprimanded by officials

Daily Mirror · Apr 21, 2023

Just Stop Oil protesters who blocked Dartford Crossing for 17 hours are jailed for YEARS

Morgan Trowland, 40, and 34-year-old Marcus Decker used ropes and other climbing equipment to scale the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, which links the M25 in Essex to Kent

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023

Judge ‘trying to set a precedent’ by jailing bridge protesters – Just Stop Oil

Morgan Trowland and Marcus Decker were jailed by a judge at Southend Crown Court.

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023

Activists jailed over Dartford Crossing bridge protest

Prosecutor Adam King said the bridge was closed from 4am on October 17 last year to 9pm the following day.

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023

Just Stop Oil activists who shut down Dartford Crossing bridge in climate protest jailed

The activists say they climbed the bridge to deliver a ‘warning message’

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2023

Activists face jail over Dartford Crossing bridge protest

Morgan Trowland, 40, and Marcus Decker, 34, were both found guilty of causing a public nuisance after they scaled the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge.

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2023

Just Stop Oil activists guilty of public nuisance over Dartford Crossing protest

Morgan Trowland and Marcus Decker used ropes and other climbing equipment to shuffle up the cables of the bridge, Basildon Crown Court had heard.

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