Radical climate activists have been handed lengthy jail sentences over peaceful, but disruptive, protests against fossil fuels. As discussed in a recent episode of the Matters of Life and Death podcast, journalist Tim Wyatt asks whether Christians be joining the barricades and take part in civil disobedience, or is breaking the law – even for a good cause – a red line we must not cross?

A landmark court case in the UK recently saw five radical climate activists jailed for up to five years for their role in organising the blockage of a major motorway to protest against fossil fuels. The group were charged for holding a Zoom call to organise a protest in 2022, which led to a group of volunteers climbing up gantries over the M25 motorway around London, halting traffic for hours. The sentences are thought to be the longest ever handed down in British legal history for a non-violent demonstration, and are the latest in an escalating battle between the radical group Just Stop Oil and the government. 

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