SURVEY: campaigners want stronger protest protections and less surveillance
PHOTO: Shutterstock A survey of campaigning groups conducted by Netpol shows overwhelming support for protesters retaining a right to have their privacy even when they are on the streets, along with a firm rejection of police treating civil disobedience and direct...Call for trained legal observers during Extinction Rebellion’s fortnight of action
PHOTO: Netpol Starting next Monday, Extinction Rebellion has called for two weeks of direct action on the climate emergency. In the UK, the focus is on protesting at 12 government sites in London around Westminster. Extinction Rebellion has asked for legal observers...Green and Black Cross announces changes to future protest legal support
PHOTO: Keith Gentry / Shutterstock.com In May , Netpol member Green and Black Cross (GBC) took a break from all outward-facing activities, including delivering training workshops and coordinating legal observers. It has now clarified how it plans to organise in the...Call-Out for Legal Observers: Stop the Arms Fair, 2-9th September 2019
PHOTO: Netpol With one of our partner groups, Green and Black Cross (GBC), currently pausing its activities to reorganise and rebuild its capacity, the Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol) has stepped in to help coordinate a call for trained legal observers to...