Suspend UK from oil oversight body over protests crackdown, say campaign groups
Briefly

A coalition of civil society groups is urging the UK government to be suspended from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) due to its crackdown on peaceful climate protests. Since Labour took office, there has been a significant increase in the jailing of climate activists, actions that contradict EITI’s standards for civil society engagement. Campaigners, including Jolyon Maugham from the Good Law Project, argue that the UK’s approach to protests, particularly towards groups like Palestinian Action, undermines its role in overseeing governance in the fossil fuel industry. The UN's special rapporteur has condemned the government's tactics as alarming.
The UK should be suspended from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative until it stops jailing peaceful climate activists and recognizes their right to protest.
The government's crackdown on protest has led to a record number of peaceful climate activists being jailed, making its EITI membership incompatible.
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