Last week, Suella Braverman signed off a ‘statutory instrument’ to edit protest law. It changed the legal definition of ‘serious disruption’ in the Public Order Act 1986 to mean simply ‘more than minor’.
Pledge a donation to support the Liberty and Civil Liberties Trust's legal challenge:
https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-bravermans-power-grab/
#ukpolitics #protest #RightToProtest #SuellaBraverman #PublicOrderAct
#ukpolitics #protest #righttoprotest #SuellaBraverman #publicorderact
Pressure forces Home Office publish data on police use of powers - Netpol
https://netpol.org/2023/06/20/pressure-forces-home-office-publish-data-on-police-use-of-powers/ #NetPol #RightToProtest #protest #democracy #fascism
#netpol #righttoprotest #protest #democracy #fascism
I've called on the UK government to scrap new anti-protest laws which attack our hard won democratic freedoms. Please can you defend the right to protest too by signing the petition? https://act.gp/42VbnNW
#petition #uk #righttoprotest
MPs Hear Public Order Act Has Chilling Effect On Democracy...
EachOther
#PolicingBill #RightToProtest #Democracy #DemocracySOS
https://eachother.org.uk/mps-hear-public-order-act-has-chilling-effect-on-democracy/
#policingbill #righttoprotest #democracy #democracysos
Not in the habit of recommending political committee hearings as essential viewing, but for anyone interested in the #PublicOrderAct and the recent arrest of #Republic campaigners, do set aside time to watch this.
Graham Smith gave a masterclass, against some very legitimate and also some profoundly stupid questioning from MPs. Cool, composed and rational throughout.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001mdjr/select-committees-home-affairs-committee
#publicorderact #republic #protest #righttoprotest #humanrights #coronation
Please sign this Greenpeace petition
UK Government: Scrap anti-protest laws
https://act.gp/3pIM9ns
#petition #greenpeace #righttoprotest
#petition #greenpeace #righttoprotest
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/07/police-right-to-arrest-coronation-protesters-as-uk-on-global-stage-says-minister?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
So the official line seems to be they were arresting people and confiscating items because they "thought" they were dangerous. Yet if you report stalkers or people who threaten you in any capacity they can't be arrested until AFTER they commit a crime.
Make it make sense!
#police #coronation #righttoprotest
#police #Coronation #righttoprotest
Watch "This Law Should TERRIFY You 😱"
~ Owen Jones
( via YouTube )
🆘 #HumanRights 🆘 #UKPolitics 🆘 #PolicePowersBill 🆘 #RightToProtest 🆘 #FreeSpeech 🆘
https://youtu.be/YCrLS6kVIK4
#humanrights #ukpolitics #policepowersbill #righttoprotest #freespeech
"Human rights groups raise alarm over new police powers..." ~ Liberty
#HumanRights #PolicePowers #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech
https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/human-rights-groups-raise-alarm-over-new-police-powers/
#humanrights #policepowers #righttoprotest #freespeech
I have the Right — I just dunno if I have the energy any more. And anyway, where would I start ?
#KILLTHEBILL #RightToAssemble #RighttoProtest #GTTO Tees by Sillytees bit.ly/3CeVnvu
#killthebill #righttoassemble #righttoprotest #gtto
"Rishi Sunak's War on Freedom"
via YouTube
😱
#RightToProtest #CivilLiberties #FreeSpeech #PoliceState #ToryParty #VoterSuppression
#righttoprotest #civilliberties #freespeech #policestate #toryparty #votersuppression
Welcome to Straya, the lucky, erm no, the stupid, well yes, but now also increasingly, the #fascist country.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environment/2023/04/29/the-cost-the-protest-crackdown
This is simply reprehensible. Utterly a graphic manifestation of government capture by the extractive industries, federally, & in [at least] WA, Qld, NSW, Vic, & Tassie. Oh & let's not forget Redneck Central, aka, NT.
First Nations rights & heritage? Nah, forget about 'em.
Pristine old growth forests? Fire up those chainsaws, boys!
Dwindling koala habitats? Chop chop chop, clear-fell away, lads!
Carbon-bomb new coal & gas projects? Let's go; dig, tunnel, bore, frack... burn, baby, burn!
We are a ridiculous species.
#Fascist #ClimateCrisis #StateCapture #biodiversity #righttoprotest
Call for solidarity by NetPol - The rights of disabled campaigners during this weekend of protest https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/04/18/call-for-solidarity-defend-the-rights-of-disabled-campaigners/ #Netpol #DisabilityRights #RightToAssembly #RightToProtest #PoliceDiscrimination #PoliceBrutality #InstitutionalDiscrimination #MetPolice #MetPoliceViolence #NoMorePolicePowers #ACAB
#netpol #disabilityrights #righttoassembly #righttoprotest #policediscrimination #policebrutality #institutionaldiscrimination #metpolice #metpoliceviolence #nomorepolicepowers #acab
The #CanadianConstitutionFoundation (#CCF ) said it's #troubled by the #bylaw passed by #Calgary #CityCouncil which #restricts #protests around #libraries and #CommunityCentres .
“This bylaw is not #ContentNeutral ” said CCF #Litigation Director Christine Van Geyn in a Wednesday press release.
“The #courts have been very clear the #right to #FreedomOfExpression is content neutral.”
#ABPoli #CanPoli #HumanRights #RightToProtest #activism #Alberta #Canada
#canadianconstitutionfoundation #ccf #troubled #bylaw #calgary #citycouncil #restricts #protests #libraries #communitycentres #contentneutral #litigation #courts #right #freedomofexpression #abpoli #canpoli #humanrights #righttoprotest #activism #alberta #canada
The UK has been downgraded in the Civicus Monitor, an annual global index of civic freedoms, as a result of the government’s “increasingly authoritarian” drive to impose restrictive and punitive laws on public protests
TheUK government is working hard to silence those who disagree and it is a scary direction #fightfordemocracy - recent evidence of pressures on BBC is one example. #righttoprotest https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/16/hostile-authoritarian-uk-downgraded-in-civic-freedoms-index
#fightfordemocracy #righttoprotest
On the road to 2047, the state of our democracy cannot be a distant concern
Even as our society and nation lurch towards a future in which even the rudimentary semblances of democracy and decency are defied, we are increasingly witness to a shrinking support base of persons who can struggle and assert the need for these indispensable norms.
#democracy #FreedomOfSpeech #MediaFreedom #RightToProtest #UAPA #BK16 #CAA #BilkisBano #ZakiaJafri #StanSwamy #ElgarParishad #CivilRights #HumanRights #india
#democracy #freedomofspeech #mediafreedom #righttoprotest #uapa #BK16 #caa #bilkisbano #zakiajafri #StanSwamy #elgarparishad #civilrights #humanrights #india