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Five Just Stop Oil activists were recently sentenced to a minimum of four years in prison for planning to block a motorway encircling London .
Such a severe sentence for non-violent protest has “no equivalent in modern times” UK anti-protest law is now so restrictive that even minor concessions seem like major victories.
61% of respondents considered the record jail sentences for the Just Stop Oil activists too harsh.
Public consent for the UK ’s crackdown on peaceful protest cannot be taken for granted.
Oscar Berglund , a researcher in political economy at the University of Bristol , expects more and longer prison sentences for protesters.
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