Dr Ro Smith · @Rhube
546 followers · 2518 posts · Server wandering.shop

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:

crowdjustice.com/case/stop-bra

#ukpolitics #protest #righttoprotest #SuellaBraverman #publicorderact

Last updated 1 year ago

Jay Baker (they/he) · @MediaActivist
579 followers · 1706 posts · Server kolektiva.social
Jules 🍺 · @julesbl
218 followers · 11348 posts · Server mastodon.me.uk

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? act.gp/42VbnNW

#petition #uk #righttoprotest

Last updated 1 year ago

Steve · @Justice30
29 followers · 337 posts · Server graeber.social
Jamie :coffefied: · @jamie
569 followers · 1886 posts · Server masto.ai

Not in the habit of recommending political committee hearings as essential viewing, but for anyone interested in the and the recent arrest of 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.

bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001

#publicorderact #republic #protest #righttoprotest #humanrights #coronation

Last updated 1 year ago

Jules 🍺 · @julesbl
216 followers · 11278 posts · Server mastodon.me.uk

Please sign this Greenpeace petition
UK Government: Scrap anti-protest laws
act.gp/3pIM9ns

#petition #greenpeace #righttoprotest

Last updated 1 year ago

Sarah Delahunty · @SarahDelahunty
156 followers · 698 posts · Server mastodon.ie

theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/m
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

Last updated 1 year ago

Steve · @Justice30
20 followers · 214 posts · Server graeber.social

Watch "This Law Should TERRIFY You 😱"

~ Owen Jones
( via YouTube )

🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘
youtu.be/YCrLS6kVIK4

#humanrights #ukpolitics #policepowersbill #righttoprotest #freespeech

Last updated 1 year ago

Steve · @Justice30
20 followers · 211 posts · Server graeber.social
Mike Bealing · @mikebealing
493 followers · 886 posts · Server home.social

I have the Right — I just dunno if I have the energy any more. And anyway, where would I start ?

Tees by Sillytees bit.ly/3CeVnvu

#killthebill #righttoassemble #righttoprotest #gtto

Last updated 1 year ago

Steve · @Justice30
18 followers · 202 posts · Server graeber.social
MsDropbear 🌈♀ · @MsDropbear
161 followers · 22 posts · Server kolektiva.social

Welcome to Straya, the lucky, erm no, the stupid, well yes, but now also increasingly, the country.

thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/e

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

Last updated 2 years ago

Hazel · @HazelWood
268 followers · 937 posts · Server independent-media.co.uk
Davva · @davva23
27 followers · 153 posts · Server kolektiva.social
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1307 followers · 12568 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
Andrew Guilford · @AndrewGuilford
16 followers · 71 posts · Server mas.to

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

theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/m

#righttoprotest #ukpol

Last updated 2 years ago

Di Nutt · @dixxyd
113 followers · 314 posts · Server ohai.social

TheUK government is working hard to silence those who disagree and it is a scary direction - recent evidence of pressures on BBC is one example. theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/m

#fightfordemocracy #righttoprotest

Last updated 2 years ago

IndiaNewsWatch · @indianewswatch
141 followers · 855 posts · Server kolektiva.social

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.

indianexpress.com/article/opin

#democracy #freedomofspeech #mediafreedom #righttoprotest #uapa #BK16 #caa #bilkisbano #zakiajafri #StanSwamy #elgarparishad #civilrights #humanrights #india

Last updated 2 years ago

franksting · @franksting
206 followers · 3065 posts · Server mastodon.cloud