英国上诉法院裁定，气候变化活动人士不能利用信仰作为刑事损害的辩护理由。 UK Court of Appeal rules that climate change activists cannot use beliefs as a defense for criminal damage.
英国上诉法院裁定，气候变化活动人士和其他抗议者如果被指控犯有刑事损害罪，则不能利用他们的“政治或哲学信仰”作为辩护。 The UK Court of Appeal has ruled that climate change activists and other protesters cannot use their "political or philosophical beliefs" as a defence if charged with criminal damage. 法官得出的结论是，抗议者不能在审判中声称，他们真诚地相信，如果业主充分了解其“情况”，例如气候变化的影响，他们会同意造成的损害。 The judges concluded that protesters cannot claim at trial that they honestly believed a property owner would have consented to damage caused had they been fully aware of its "circumstances", such as the impact of climate change. 这项裁决可能会导致更多参与此类抗议活动的人被定罪，并有效防止环境抗议者利用他们对气候变化危险的信念作为刑事损害指控的辩护。 This ruling may lead to more convictions for those participating in such protests and effectively prevents environmental protesters from using their beliefs about the dangers of climate change as a defence for criminal damage charges.