The reviewing Judge called them 'excessive'. And reduced them - a little. Most right minded people would still call these excessive.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/07/just-stop-oil-protesters-jail-sentences-shortened-after-appeal
“No country in Europe gives such draconian sentences for peaceful protests, proving we are out of kilter with the rest of the civilised world. We are reviewing the judgment and considering an appeal to the supreme court.” [Raj Chada representing many of the defendents]
#RightToProtest #Politicisation #FreedomOfSpeech #UkPolitics
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/07/just-stop-oil-protesters-jail-sentences-shortened-after-appeal
“No country in Europe gives such draconian sentences for peaceful protests, proving we are out of kilter with the rest of the civilised world. We are reviewing the judgment and considering an appeal to the supreme court.” [Raj Chada representing many of the defendents]
#RightToProtest #Politicisation #FreedomOfSpeech #UkPolitics