Oct 26, 2015 | Comment, Protest
We must keep up the pressure for the scrapping of the criminal courts charge. This is the second of two guest posts by Netpol member Legal Defence & Monitoring Group (LDMG) On 13 April 2015 a new set of criminal court charges came into force. These were slipped in...
Oct 25, 2015 | Comment, Protest
This is a guest post by Netpol member Legal Defence & Monitoring Group (LDMG). For (too?) many years, LDMG has been urging protesters who get nicked to plead not guilty, point out that being charged is not the same as being convicted. Even if it seems that you are...
Jun 27, 2013 | Kettling Police Powers, Protest
By Susannah Mengesha This month I was thrilled to receive successful decision on my judicial review case against the Police Commissioner regarding the police use of Kettling for indiscriminate intelligence gathering purposes. The court held that the police must not...
Jan 22, 2013 | Community Policing
Mark Kennedy The High Court ruled last week on how the judiciary will deal with allegations of sexual abuse brought against undercover police officers who had infiltrated activist groups. The judgement was a disturbing one, as much for the attitudes it displayed as...
Jul 20, 2012 | Support Us
Repost from the Guardian, written by Hannah Eiseman-Renyard The high court has ruled that 15 pre-emptive arrests were not unlawful, as the criminalisation of protest continues On the day of the royal wedding I was arrested for a fictional breach of the peace. This...
