Netpol calls for repeal of Section 35 dispersal powers
Dispersal powers are discriminatory. anti-democratic, open to abuse and completely unaccountable. The Network for Police Monitoring has today launched a new campaign to repeal powers under Section 35 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, which...Cheshire Police issue restrictive dispersal orders to Upton anti-fracking protesters
Cheshire Police have used controversial antisocial behaviour dispersal powers to exclude protesters from a large area around the recently evicted Upton anti-fracking camp near Chester. At least ten anti-fracking campaigners who supported the Upton Community Protectors...