Police maintain absolute secrecy over counter-terrorism surveillance on anti-fracking campaigners

May 24, 2018 | Don't Be On A Database, Protest

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...

Durham Police unveils ‘bodycam intelligence database’

Jul 19, 2017 | Don't Be On A 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...

Government unveils new ‘counter-extremist’ bill – but still cannot define what extremism actually means

May 21, 2016 | Don't Be On A Database, Rights

While most of the media insisting this week’s Queen’s Speech was largely overshadowed by the EU referendum, one new law proposed this week looks set to create even more controversy as existing ‘anti-radicalisation’ legislation, already...

The right to freedom of assembly – what has changed over the last three years?

Apr 14, 2016 | Protest

The UN’s Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai is visiting the UK next week. We assess what has changed in relation to the freedom to take part in protests – and what issues remain a concern – since his last official visit three years ago. Netpol was one of a number of...

Four reasons to close down the police’s domestic extremism unit

Feb 5, 2016 | Don't Be On A Database

Join the discussion online using the hashtags #DomesticExtremist and #ShutNDEDIU Today is Domestic Extremist Awareness Day, an annual event launched by Netpol in 2014 to publicise how the label of ‘domestic extremist’ is increasingly applied by police to...