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Climate activist Violet CoCo’s 15-month jail sentence has caused widespread outrage. But the jailing of climate protesters has been underway for several years, reports Rachel Evans.
SYDNEY—A climate activist who climbed on top of a coal train, which led to a five-hour delay of 15 coal trains between Newcastle and Maitland, will serve up to a year behind bars—the harshest sentence ever delivered in Australia in relation to direct climate action.
SYDNEY—A climate activist who climbed on top of a coal train, which led to a five-hour delay of 15 coal trains between Newcastle and Maitland, will serve up to a year behind bars—the harshest sentence ever delivered in Australia in relation to direct climate action.
A 22-year-old protestor will spend a year in prison after his arrest for stopping a coal train at the Port of Newcastle in regional NSW.