Stripping away our right to dissent
Netpol’s Kevin Blowe rounds up the set of incoming laws which threaten to outlaw all but the most useless forms of protest..

Nothing quite illustrates how a spark can seem to catch and then fail to fully ignite than these two grim facts. There are young people in prison in Britain today because they came onto the st
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/06/04/stripping-away-our-right-to-dissent/
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Jailing the Peaceful
James Brown, the Extinction Rebellion protestor and partially sighted paralympian who glued himself to the top of a plane has had his prison sentence reduced from twelve to four months by the Court of Appeal. “Yay! for kindly Lord Chief Justice Burnett!” I hear you cry, maybe. Well actually it ain’t that good. Let’s look at what the judgement says and what it bodes fo
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/01/27/jailing-the-peaceful/
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Rioting and Violent Disordering
Triple helpings of jail all-round planned for Bristol protestors.

On Thursday 13th of May, eight people were charged with rioting for the “Kill The Bill” demonstration in Bristol. This is very unusual as even the most rumbustious of protests in recent times have generally had Violent Disorder as the most serious offence charged and we have
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2021/05/14/rioting-and-violent-disordering/
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