Mar 22, 2022 | Community Policing, Rights
Photo credit: HeardInLondon A strip search involves the police asking you to undress beyond removing outer clothing layers, like a coat, hat or gloves. The use of this tactic has been widely criticised for its intimidatory and abusive nature, and the recent case of...
Feb 1, 2022 | Domestic Extremism, Don't Be On A Database, Protest
Protesters at a Swansea demonstration (photo credit: BLM Swansea) My name is Lowri Davies, and I’m an organiser with Black Lives Matter Swansea. My role is purely organisational; I plan protests, speakers, and sound systems, do the graphics for them, and then get the...
Dec 16, 2021 | Protest, Reports
© Jess Hurd 02/11/2021 Glasgow, UK. Extinction Rebellion block the Clyde Arc close to the COP26 UN Climate Conference, Glasgow, Scotland. Photo credit: Jess Hurd In November 2021, the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) arrived in Glasgow. Through...
Sep 22, 2021 | Protest, Rights, Support Us
Campaigners have condemned controversial new legislation designed to shut down protests outside the Scottish parliament building in Edinburgh, warning new police powers will have a “chilling effect” on the right to protest. The timing of this new legislation – just...
