Article 6CZA9 Tasmanian court sentences environmental activist to jail for first time in more than a decade

Tasmanian court sentences environmental activist to jail for first time in more than a decade

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Jordyn Beazley
from Environment | The Guardian on (#6CZA9)

Protester Colette Joan Harmsen says she committed offences due to worsening climate crisis' and is not a menace to society'

An environmental activist has been sent to jail in Tasmania for the first time in more than a decade after protesting at logging and mining sites.

Colette Joan Harmsen, a 47-year-old veterinarian and seasoned peaceful forest protester" with the Bob Brown Foundation, was sentenced to three months in prison for breaching a suspended sentence for protesting against a mine on the west coast of Tasmania.

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