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Jailing Heathrow 13 poses 'massive threat' peaceful protest rights
2016-02-12 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Jailing the 13 activists who last year chained themselves on Heathrows northern runway in protest at the airports expansion would represent a massive threat to the right to peaceful protest in the UK, according to John McDonnell and Caroline Lucas. In a letter to the Guardian, the shadow chancellor and Green party MP, along with the vice-president of the National Union of Students and several prominent environmentalists, warn that prison sentences for the climate campaigners would be unjust...
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