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A clean water coalition is calling for the new Government to enforce existing laws and comprehensively review the UK’s entire water infrastructure and will march on parliament on 3 November
A renowned lawyer said the proposal, put forward by Lord Walney, shows ‘a real misunderstanding’ of the Human Rights Act
Politicians have justified crackdowns on protest by claiming public support. But a new Demos report shows the reality is more nuanced.
Campaigners say the police failed to properly investigate an alleged campaign of intimidation against them
The five activists face the “longest ever” jail terms for peaceful protest, and international NGOs have rallied behind them
Campaigners call on Keir Starmer to stop the ongoing erosion of civic space in the UK
New Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has a decision to make over the weekend
He wants juries to stop finding defendants not guilty and to prevent judges from applying laws “differently” when they involve issues like climate change and anti-racism
Policing was driven by politicians and media furore, with pressure on police to ‘do more’ resulting in confused and inconsistent decision-making, Netpol argues
The report is expected to proscribe Just Stop Oil and Palestine Action as ‘extreme protest groups’ and restrict their ability to fundraise and assemble
The Conservatives’ domestic extremism adviser Lord John Walney is accused of conflicts of interest over a proposed ban of groups such as Palestine Action and Just Stop Oil
The chief executive of the Campaign Against Antisemitism appears to have got ‘exactly what he came for’ at the march, according to a witness who was there
The Labour party leader’s long marginalisation of the Left cannot survive the realities of Government, argues his former advisor Simon Fletcher
The UN’s spokesman on ‘climate defenders’ hit out at the Conservatives’ suite of anti-protest laws – and media rhetoric against green activists.
Dr Gail Bradbrook is among the most high-profile climate activists to be sentenced over protests
“We must stop expanding aviation until the technology exists to provide emission free, low-noise flights.”
Climate campaigners say the right to jury trial faces unprecedented threats – with several activists facing court proceedings for telling jurors of their ‘right to acquit’ on conscience
How the legal system is silencing climate activists fighting for their right to speak up about the crisis
Thousands of workers face being sacked for not crossing their own picket lines if new Westminster legislation passes
Activists from Palestinian Action continue their protests around the Elbit-owned UAV company to mark 75 years since the ‘nakba’ displacement
Demonisation of migrants and a focus on ‘going back’ to some made-up glorious past means Brits need to be alert to ‘fascism’, XR activist Dirk Campbell tells Josiah Mortimer