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S10, Ep15: How UK Courts Became the New Climate Protest Battleground

Drilled • Season 10 Episode 15

S10, Ep15: How UK Courts Became the New Climate Protest Battleground

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About a decade after UK courts made history with the first "climate necessity" ruling in history, the UK government has passed new laws that not only restrict what protesters can do, but also how protesters are allowed to defend themselves in court. Some judges don't apply the new laws so strictly, but others have held people in contempt for just trying to explain themselves.

In some courtrooms, the climate necessity defense has been effectively outlawed. How did that happen? And how did it happen so quickly? That's our story today.

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