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The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act introduces new powers for policing demonstrations, enabling police to clamp down even more on protests they deem “disruptive”.
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Respect or Repression? An independent report into the policing of COP26
Our new report tells a shocking story – one of intimidation, harassment and police violence which left Glasgow immersed in two weeks of chaos. Read, download and share.
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How can British police, who have struggled for so long to justify its surveillance on alleged “extremists”, ever hope to adequately categorise something as subjective as people’s political opinions? As Netpol asked in March 2021, how do campaigners become “aggravated...
Everything you need to know about the law change to highway obstruction
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