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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Matthew Taylor

RARE PHOTOS: Suspend uk from oil oversight body over protests crackdown say campaign groups - The Real Truth

A climate activist holding a sign that reads 'climate protest is not a crime' outside the Royal Courts of Justice
A climate protester outside the Royal Courts of Justice in March. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

A coalition of civil society groups is calling for the UK government to be suspended from a key global body that oversees how oil and gas companies are run.

The campaigners said Keir Starmer’s Labour party had overseen a “fossil fuel-sponsored crackdown” on peaceful protest and direct action in the UK since it came to power last year.

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