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Still on course for collapse, as Judge rules Just Stop Oil Golf disruption was not Public Nuisance – Just Stop Oil (juststopoil.org)
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The case of public nuisance brought against three Just Stop Oil supporters who disrupted the British Open golf tournament in 2023 has been thrown out by Judge ​​Woodhall at Liverpool Crown Court.

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[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 9 points 17 hours ago

So it was thrown out because it didn't last long enough?

I've seen people around the world get arrested for climate change action protests and a common theme in their arrest appears to be public nuisance or obstructing traffic, etc.

Is this how all protests are criminalised, or is this specific to climate change protests?

I'm not familiar with how "official" protests are supposed to work, but I've never seen or heard others being dealt with like this.

Am I just living in blissful ignorance, or is there something else going on?

[-] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 16 points 16 hours ago

Other protests also get criminalized. The Gaza protests were a classic example, Black Lives Matter in the US also got beaten down hard in some places and there are plenty of other examples. However there are also other things going on. The big fossil fuel companies are mulit national, so if something works in one country they use a similar tactic in others as well. Thats what organizations like the Atlas Network are for.

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