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Britain’s political prisoners: courts ‘degrading’ protest rights, new study shows (morningstaronline.co.uk)

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COURTS are “degrading the right to protest” with 256 Palestine and climate protesters jailed for 136 years since 2019, an expert report revealed today.

Palestine solidarity activists are among the most oppressed with three in five held longer than the six-month custody time limit before sentencing, researchers from Queen Mary University of London and Defend Our Juries campaign group found.

The findings sparked sparked condemnation of the Labour government for “taking a page from the Tory playbook by using repressive measures to target protesters.”

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