#KillTheBill Netpol calls for anti-fracking campaigners to share their experiences with MPs and peers

May 5, 2021 | Protest

Netpol is encouraging campaigners who for years have fought to stop fracking in their communities to share their experiences of the oppressive and violent policing at protests with Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights. The committee is currently undertaking...

Submission: Clapham Common and Bristol Protests

Apr 15, 2021 | Protest, Submissions

Riot officers outside Bristol police station, 22 March 2021. PHOTO: Miles Cooper Submission to the Inquiry Into Respect For The Constitutional Rights To Free Expression And Free Assembly At The Clapham Common Vigil On 13 March 2021 And The Bristol Protests In March...

Figures reveal scale of Bristol protesters injured by police

Apr 14, 2021 | Protest, Reports

At least 62 people injured by police violence in Bristol, new figures reveal. With significant misreporting from the media Bristol #KillTheBill protests, including false reports from Avon and Somerset police that officers had received injuries including broken bones,...

EXPLAINER: What does the new policing bill say about restricting protests?

Apr 13, 2021 | Protest

PHOTO: Splento Since the confrontational crackdown by the Metropolitan Police on women holding a vigil for Sarah Everard at Clapham Common on 13 March, a growing movement has condemned police intolerance to the right to protest and warned this will only become worse...

Ask your MP to help hold police leaders to account

Apr 13, 2021 | Protest, Rights

Netpol’s Charter for Freedom of Assembly Rights calls on the National Police Chiefs Council (the national body for Chief Constables) to accept greater transparency and accountability for the way protests are policed, based on existing international human rights...

South Wales Police target Cardiff BLM protesters

Apr 12, 2021 | Protest, Rights

South Wales police have escalated their targeting of Black Lives Matter protesters in Cardiff by arresting several people connected to the protests. One person has been charged with obstructing a police officer, and another has been issued with a fixed penalty notice...