Peaceful British protesters jailed for up to 5 years

LONDON, UK (CNN) - As right-wing rioters attacked communities with racist violence across parts of the UK last month, 22-year-old climate activist Cressie Gethin sat in a prison cell.

Her crime? Organizing a disruptive protest against new government-granted licenses to drill for oil - a planet-heating fossil fuel - in the North Sea.

In late July, a London court found Gethin and four other members of the Jus