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...
Sep 13, 2021 | Support Us
Banner outside the Undercover Policing Inquiry in 2019. PHOTO: Netpol The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) has been granted Core Participant status in the judge-led public inquiry into undercover policing, chaired by Sir John Mitting QC, after it was confirmed...
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...
Jul 1, 2021 | Comment, Protest
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...
Jun 29, 2021 | Comment, Don't Be On A Database
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....
Jun 22, 2021 | Comment, Protest
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...
