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...Police assault 17-year-old during protest in Cambridge
Footage has emerged of a teenage boy being choked by police during a vaccine justice protest outside AstraZeneca’s offices in Cambridge on Tuesday. Witnesses say he was one of several protestors injured after police stormed into the crowd, who until then had been...#KillTheBill Netpol calls for anti-fracking campaigners to share their experiences with MPs and peers
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
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
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?
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...