UK move to classify Extinction Rebellion 'organised crime group' comes under fire

Celebrities hit back at move to brand protesters as part of ‘organised crime group’ Stephen Fry, Mark Rylance and a former Archbishop of Canterbury are among 150 public figures to hit back at government moves to classify the climate protesters of Extinction Rebellion as an “organised crime group”. In a letter to be published in the Observer on Sunday, XR is described as “a group of people who are holding the powerful to account” – who should not become t