Oct 12, 2021 | Protest, Rights
Police Scotland invite the press to witness their ongoing public order training at Craigiehall Camp at South Queensferry. Iain Masterton/Alamy Live News With plans for 10,000 police officers on duty every day during the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) in...
Oct 5, 2021 | Protest, Rights
PHOTO: Insulate Britain On Sunday at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, Home Secretary Priti Patel announced the latest punitive proposals for new police powers in her ongoing vendetta against political and social movements the government refuses to...
Sep 29, 2021 | Protest, Rights
PHOTO: CAAT Anti-militarism campaigners have condemned the Metropolitan Police’s handling of protests at DSEI (Defence & Security Equipment International), which was held in early September in Newham, east London. Activists at the Stop the Arms Fair camp...
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...
Aug 5, 2021 | Comment, Protest
PHOTO: Riot police in Bristol disperse a #KillTheBill protest Five people are facing imprisonment in the first round of sentencing for convictions from the Bristol #KillTheBill in March. Four were given 3+ year sentences for riot, while another was sentenced to 5...
Jul 15, 2021 | Comment, Protest
PHOTO: Loredana Sangiuliano In the end, every member of the governing party in the House of Commons voted for the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill in its entirety. Perhaps surprisingly, this included the Conservative MPs who sit on the Joint Committee on...
