UK climate activists convicted in first trial of new anti-protest laws

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/15/uk-climate-activists-convicted-in-first-trial-of-new-anti-protest-laws

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mindlight@lemm.ee · 63 pts · 2y (1 reply)

which bans any act preventing harbours, airports, railways or roads “from being used or operated to any extent

Yes Alex, I'll take "legislation that would make French farmers setting up guillotines in Paris" for 500.

unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 15 pts · 2y

Assassinating politicians is pretty easy. Its really just a matter of someone wanting to do it. The more you pull shit like this, the higher the chance gets that someone will be like "Ok, time to do some vigilante justice."

As we saw with Japans Shinzo Abe and more recently Slovakias Robert Fico

But assassination is not the same as public execution. Just doesnt send the same message.

TwinTusks@bitforged.space · 30 pts · 2y (2 replies)
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rockSlayer@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y

I'd also call it very liberal. Scratch a lib and all that

Crikeste@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 2y

Could also be North Korean. Or any of America’s demonized states.

We do love to project.

Shurimal@kbin.social · 28 pts · 2y

But on the instructions of Judge Chris Hehir they were restricted in the evidence they could bring regarding their motivation for taking part in the protest and mentions of the climate crisis, and told they could not mount a defence of justification.

Kangaroo court.

guycls@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
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