More good news for #protest freedom today. The UK #HouseofLords rejected government plans under the #PublicOrderBill to allow police to preventatively shut down a protest on *suspicion alone* that it may cause disruption. Speculative policing is held back again, at least for now. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64561868

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"Many of us are, or represent and work with, Hongkongers who have recently arrived in the UK in the hopes of a better life for ourselves and our loved ones – where we can exercise our rights and freedoms without fear."

"These are repressive measures that threaten to paralyse entire social movements.”

Hong Kongers for Democracy (U.K.) Open Letter to Suella Braverman about upcoming anti-protest bill.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/29/hongkongers-in-uk-ask-suella-braverman-to-ditch-repressive-anti-protest-bill