May 21, 2016 | Domestic Extremism, 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...
Feb 5, 2016 | Domestic Extremism, 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...
Jan 11, 2016 | Domestic Extremism, Don't Be On A Database, Protest
On 5 February, the third annual #DomesticExtremist Awareness Day is calling for the closure of the discredited police unit responsible for surveillance on political dissent. If you are an anti-fracking campaigner, you may have been branded a domestic extremist by a...
Nov 6, 2015 | Domestic Extremism, Don't Be On A Database, Protest, Support Us
Can you help us challenge the domestic extremism database? In March 2015, the Supreme Court ruled that the gathering and retention of Brighton campaigner John Catt’s personal data by police, while he took part in protests, was lawful. Mr Catt has now lodged an...