Proposal for ‘Code for the Policing of Protest’ is Netpol’s Charter in all but name
Protester at a Black Lives Matter protest in London in 2020. Photo: Shutterstock An Inquiry report published today by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Democracy and the Constitution has endorsed the demand – by local and national organisations and tens of...Inquiry report scathing about ‘revenge policing’ of Bristol protests
An Inquiry report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Democracy and the Constitution has published a damning criticism of the policing of the Sarah Everard vigil in London and Kill the Bill protests in Bristol. The police’s reaction to both protests, the...A ‘duty of candour’ must extend to the policing of protests
Photo: Shutterstock Last week’s condemnation of proposed government restrictions on protests in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill as “oppressive and wrong” by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has somewhat overshadowed its call for greater...Privacy International launches new guide to resisting high tech police surveillance
This is a guest post by Harmit Kambo, Campaigns Director, Privacy International Imagine going to a peaceful protest and having to show your ID to the police before you can join it. Or having to fill out a form about why you are attending that particular protest....New protest restrictions breach human rights, say MPs and peers
PHOTO: Loredana Sangiuliano /Shutterstock A legislative scrutiny report on the public order section of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, published today by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR), a parliamentary committee made up MPs and peers, says...Climate activists targeted in police crackdown at G7
Police officers raid Animal Rebellion camp at G7 protest During the G7 summit last weekend, officers from Devon & Cornwall Police arrested 29 members of the animal rights and climate emergency group Animal Rebellion, in what looked like the deliberate targeting of...G7 Summit police confused about duty to protect freedom of assembly
PHOTO: Resist G7 Protests against the forthcoming G7 summit, from 11-13 June in Carbis Bay in Cornwall, are expected to face a huge policing operation that includes exclusion zones and around 6500 officers from around the country. A coalition of organisations under...Crowdfunder launched for Resist NCL activists targeted by Newcastle police
Since the first Kill the Bill protest in Newcastle at the end of March, 15 people have been arrested or charged for taking part in the protests. Resist NCL, a coalition made up largely of young people, have been facing significant police targeting following the...Police assault demonstrators and legal observers in Manchester
Serious concerns have been raised after three legal observers were assaulted by police at a recent Kill the Bill demonstration in Manchester. They have lodged complaints with Greater Manchester Police, including one allegation of sexual assault after a male officer...