Sabotage of a Lafarge cement plant: on appeal, the prosecutor demands heavier sentences

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Prosecutor's demand for harsher sentences against activists undermines environmental justice and protest rights. | The legal challenge against Lafarge’s cement plant represents a positive step toward holding industrial polluters accountable under environmental law. However, the prosecutor’s demand for harsher sentences against activists risks undermining freedom of expression and the right to peaceful protest, which are foundational to democratic accountability and environmental justice.