Police asked me to spy on my Black Lives Matter group

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...

Ministers stoke ‘culture war’ as Lords reject proposals to curb protests

Jan 18, 2022 | Protest

Photo credit AFP On Monday, the House of Lords voted on the parts of the government’s controversial Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill relating to protest. The Lords have rejected some of the draconian measures in the Bill, but left others intact....

Respect or Repression? An independent report of the COP26 Conference in Glasgow

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...

COP26 marchers resist unlawful kettling tactics

Nov 9, 2021 | Kettling Police Powers, Protest

Photo credit: @YCLBritain Police Scotland have come under heavy criticism after kettling a group of young people at the main COP26 climate march in Glasgow on Saturday, bringing tens of thousands of people marching behind them to a standstill. ‘Kettling’...

CALL-OUT: Tell Netpol about oppressive policing during #COP26 protests in Glasgow

Oct 27, 2021 | Protest

PHOTO: Lewis Mackinlay, Shutterstock From 31 October until 12 November, Glasgow will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) and with 10,000 police officers on the streets in anticipation of protests, including the Global Day on Action on 6...

BREAKING: Police attempt to recruit Black Lives Matter activist as an informant

Oct 26, 2021 | Domestic Extremism, Protest

Photo credit Dimitris Legakis/The Guardian South Wales Police have been exposed while unsuccessfully attempting to recruit Lowri Davies, one of the co-founders of the Swansea Black Lives Matter group, as a police informant. This is the first publicly recorded instance...