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We’re challenging the silencing of protesters

We’re supporting action to defend the rights of protesters and the essential freedoms that hold up our fragile democracy.

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Case overview

Climate change is one of the biggest existential threats we face, and citizens are exercising their right to peacefully protest against the Government inaction that is contributing towards it. 

Yet climate change protesters are receiving increasingly harsh treatments from the police, Government and judicial system, including more convictions, and prison sentences for minor breaches of court rules. 

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