Over 60,000 sign petition demanding release of non-violent political prisoners
The Whole Truth Five (from left to right) Lucia Whittaker De Abreu, Cressida Gethin, Louise Lancaster, Daniel Shaw and Roger Hallam
A PETITION signed by over 60,000 people demanding the release of non-violent climate activists was delivered to the Ministry of Justice today.
The petition, containing over 100 pages of signatures, demands “the immediate end to the imprisonment of brave, non-violent political prisoners, jailed for telling the truth and acting in resistance to continued extraction and burning of oil, gas and coal.”
It was delivered to Britain’s Attorney General Richard Hermer KC, and accompanied by a letter from campaign group Defend Our Juries, renewing calls for a public meeting to discuss the government’s violations of international law.
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