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Enforcement agents at the makeshift protest camp in Euston, London. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters
A high court judge has ruled against a call to halt the eviction of protesters from a tunnel beside Euston Square on grounds of safety.
Seven people are currently occupying the tunnel, in order to raise awareness both of the climate emergency, and the damage they say is being done by HS2.
Mrs Justice Steyn rejected the claim by Dr Larch Maxey, the protester who brought the case, that the eviction by HS2’s contractors High Court Enforcement was not being handled safely and in compliance with human rights obligations.