Exclusive: climate activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco reveals why she was prepared to risk jail time
With her appeal still pending, Coco was unable to discuss the protest at the centre of her prison sentence and was cautious about discussing the new laws, except to say it was “distressing” to seePlenty of others have spoken up, though.
In response to such claims, 170 civil organisations released a statement saying that “peaceful but disruptive protests” had “won many of the rights we take for granted today” including voting rights and the end of conscription.
“I remember hearing Greta Thunberg saying, ‘I want you to act as if our house is on fire’ – and it is,” she said.
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