Britain is systematically incarcerating more & more climate & anti-genocide activists.
"Custodial sentences for acts of direct action or civil disobedience were once rare but are now being imposed with increasing length & frequency."
The real danger is that people are being criminalised for breaching what "is essentially a civil injunction".
theguardian.com/law/2026/may/2…
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New breed of political prisoner arises in Britain as anti-protest sentences rise
More people are being jailed in England and Wales as a result of acting to prevent climate breakdown and the war in Gaza, research revealsHaroon Siddique (The Guardian)
DrALJONES
in reply to DrALJONES • • •For those querying why:
The universal job of government and police in capitalist societies is to protect the rich against the rabble.
The government rationale? Any old rubbish will do. Nowadays, it's the one-word lie: "terrorism".
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