Nov 26, 2015 | Protest, Rights
Travelling to the COP21 climate conference in Paris? Make sure you know your rights in case you are stopped under Schedule 7 anti-terrorism powers when leaving or returning to the UK As far back as 2012, Netpol highlighted the use of stop and search powers under...
Jul 1, 2015 | Comment, Rights
In hospital departments, council offices, GP surgeries and schools across the country, trainers are preparing an army of staff for a new ‘war on terrorism’: their task, to identify those who may have supposedly stepped onto “an escalator of...
Dec 12, 2012 | Community Policing, Protest
There is now abundant evidence that the police are using terrorism powers to stop and question activists on their political activities when they pass through UK ports. It is undoubtedly very helpful to the police that the draconian powers introduced by Schedule 7 of...