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19 Just Stop Oil supporters could face prison this month
Protesters from Just Stop Oil take part in what it claims will be their last direct action protest outside the Royal Courts Of Justice in central London, April 26, 2025
NINETEEN Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists could be jailed this month for organising and taking part in non-violent action to demand a quicker transition away from fossil fuels.
Though none have been formally sentenced, the group has already spent a combined seven years and seven months in prison on remand.
A trial commenced at Southwark Crown Court yesterday for two pairs of activists involved in a 2022 blockade on the M25 — one accused of planning the protest, the other of climbing motorway gantries.
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