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Guardian article: Ratcliffe coal protesters spared jail sentences

Guardian article: Ratcliffe coal protesters spared jail sentences

Activists who planned to shut down a coal fired power plant are spared jail time. Interesting case in regards to protesters rights and the legal consequences of direct action; lawful excuse could not absolve them, but their immaculate records, and the sheer organisation of the campaign, did.
By Paul Lewis and Nidhi Prakash
Published by The Guardian , 2011
Added to Campaign Central by Harmit Kambo on 06/01/2011
File in campaigning against companies, civil liberties, demonstration, direct action, human rights, lawful excuse, legal structures, right to protest
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