Police maintain absolute secrecy over counter-terrorism surveillance on anti-fracking campaigners
Home Office insists secretive Prevent programme “cannot in any circumstances be considered frightening” Imagine feeling you have to tell your children to avoid talking about fracking at school, in case it is seen as a safeguarding concern. Or experiencing...It’s time to stop smearing anti-fracking campaigners as “extremists”
The way the police persistently label opposition to fracking as “extremism” infuriates campaigners up and down the country. The National Police Chiefs Council NPCC), which represents senior police officers in the UK, will shortly consult on how local...Durham Police unveils ‘bodycam intelligence database’
One of the UK’s smallest police forces, Durham Police, is reportedly gathering video captured by officers’ body worn cameras to create a ‘troublemakers’ database – contravening national guidance that officers should not use the technology as an...This is Not Domestic Extremism
Launched in 2013, Netpol’s annual “Domestic Extremist Awareness Day” takes place on Monday 6 February. This year, we are calling for a complete end to the meaningless but sinister use of the ‘domestic extremist’ label against all legitimate political...