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Leading Lawyers Back Open Letter to Home Secretary Opposing Ban on Palestine Action
Senior barristers and campaigners warn Keir Starmer’s Government is ‘conflating peaceful protest with genuine terrorism’
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The Law That Will Allow the UK Government to Ban Palestine Action
The ban will make it illegal to support the civil disobedience group, with penalties of up to 10 years in prison
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No Kings! Trump’s Military Parade Couldn’t Drown Out America’s Tradition of Protest
The anti-Trump protesters have done a far better job than the President of honouring what Americans have fought and died for, reports Adam Barnett
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Police to Get Powers to Ban Masks at Protests as Starmer’s Government Accused of ‘Copy and Pasting’ Conservative Plans
Human rights groups fear those wearing masks for health or religious reasons, and dissidents seeking to protect themselves from hostile foreign states, will be swept into the criminal justice system
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‘My Partner Turned Out to Be an Undercover Cop – Now I’m Exposing the Truth’
The activist who helped expose Britain’s ‘spy cop’ scandal discusses her new book on state-sanctioned betrayal, and why she thinks politicised policing still continues today
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‘The Draconian Anti-Protest Laws That Are the Real Threat to Free Speech in the UK’
A new report calls on the Government to ‘look again’ at repealing laws passed under the last Conservative Government
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True Grit: The Student Blockades in Serbia
Nicole Burgund reports from inside one of Europe’s most important protests
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Just Stop Oil Has Called It Quits, but They Say Their Fight Is Far From Over
The climate movement has announced an end to its direct action campaigns. The group’s spokesperson tells Josiah Mortimer what’s next
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Protest Crackdown in Britain Now Amounts to ‘State Repression’ And the Labour Government is Continuing the Trend, Warn Campaigners
Infringements on the right to protest have been ’emboldened’ by successive governments, report argues
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‘Tesla Takedown’ Campaign Spreads as Anti-Musk Activists Target Showrooms Across UK
Campaigners are targeting the stock price of Elon Musk’s electric vehicle maker as the backlash against his support for far right movements grows
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Republican Activist Wins Police Settlement After Unlawful Arrest for Shouting at King Charles’ Proclamation
Thames Valley Police acknowledges arrest was unlawful but offers no formal apology as campaigner Symon Hill warns of ‘wider struggle’ to protect protest rights
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Warning Over UK ‘Slide Towards Authoritarianism’ After Raft of Just Stop Oil Prison Sentences Are Upheld
The Court of Appeal upheld sentences totalling 35 years for climate activists
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Holocaust Survivor Summoned for Police Interview Over Gaza Solidarity Protest
Stephen Kapos, 87, is among dozens of activists interviewed or charged by police for their part in the January 18th pro-Palestine protest in London
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UK Universities Accused of Training Police and Security Officers for Repressive Dictatorships Without Screening Students
Almost no checks are in place to ensure training is not used to clamp down on human rights and peaceful dissent, say campaigners
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Hundreds of Protesters Jailed Under Anti-Protest Laws Could Appeal Convictions if Court Challenge Succeeds
Campaigners are challenging the lawfulness of restrictions brought in by the former Conservative Home Secretary Suella Braverman
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Keir Starmer’s Government Axes Controversial Anti-Extremism Adviser Lord Walney From Government Role
EXCLUSIVE: The Home Office confirms that Walney, who was appointed by Boris Johnson, will now leave Government
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Documents Reveal UK Government’s Controversial Anti-Extremism Adviser Was Only Meant to Retain Job for Six Months
EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face questions over Lord Walney’s prolonged tenure as documents reveal position was supposed to have been terminated years ago
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Climate Activists to March on Courts as Mass Just Stop Oil Appeal Kicks Off
The Met Police have promised arrests if the protesters, who are campaigning for protest rights, step out of line
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Met Police Accused of Lying About Gaza Protest at the BBC
Green Party’s Deputy Leader Zack Polanski challenges the Home Secretary, as row deepens over police handling of Palestine solidarity march
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Keir Starmer’s Government Is ‘Failing to Uphold Democratic Freedom’ to Protest, Says Human Rights Watch
The right to protest remains “curtailed and punished” despite a change in Government, the leading human rights group warned
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Clean Water Protesters to March on Parliament Launch as They Urge Labour to Review ‘Failing, Greedy’ System
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
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Call for Palestine Solidarity Marchers to ‘Pay to Protest’ Slammed by London Assembly Members as ‘Completely Unworkable’
A renowned lawyer said the proposal, put forward by Lord Walney, shows ‘a real misunderstanding’ of the Human Rights Act
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Activists to Launch Fresh Wave of Protests Against ‘Draconian’ Anti-Protest Laws as Leading Actress Speaks Out
Campaigners plan civil disobedience outside courts, demanding meeting with Attorney General over harsh sentencing of peaceful protesters
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Climate Activists Accuse ‘Billionaire Media’ of Driving Protest Crackdown
The Director of the Climate Media Coalition explained the role of media moguls in demanding a crack down on climate protesters
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‘When Peaceful Protesters Face Harsher Sentences Than Violent Racists, Something has to Give’
Politicians have justified crackdowns on protest by claiming public support. But a new Demos report shows the reality is more nuanced.
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Human Rights Group Demands Review into Policing of Unfairly ‘Criminalised’ Gold Mine Protestors
Campaigners say the police failed to properly investigate an alleged campaign of intimidation against them
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Explained: The Six Triggers that Spark Civil Unrest
These factors do not exist in isolation but interact and act as force multipliers for each other and are ripe to be manipulated through identity politics
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Just Stop Oil’s ‘Whole Truth Five’ to Appeal Years-Long Sentences after Sun Journalist Exposed M25 Disruption Plans
The five activists face the “longest ever” jail terms for peaceful protest, and international NGOs have rallied behind them
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Labour Government Urged to End ‘Do As I Say, Not As I Do’ Attitude of Conservatives to Help Reverse Global Shift Towards Authoritarianism
Campaigners call on Keir Starmer to stop the ongoing erosion of civic space in the UK
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Government Will Fight Human Rights Group And Defend Suella Braverman’s Anti-Protest Law in Court
New Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has a decision to make over the weekend
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‘Lord Walney Wants to Stop the Public From Acquitting Protesters – to Safeguard Those Making Money From the Issues They Demonstrate Against’
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
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Policing of Pro-Palestine Protests is ‘Racist and Islamophobic’ and Driven By Media and Government Pressure, Report Warns
Policing was driven by politicians and media furore, with pressure on police to ‘do more’ resulting in confused and inconsistent decision-making, Netpol argues
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Calls for the Crown to Stop Prosecuting Peaceful Climate Protesters as Prisons Clogged and Criminals are ‘Let Off’
The Government is accused of pushing public bodies to go tougher on protesters
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Sunak’s ‘Anti-Extremism’ Adviser Demands Protest Bans to Protect Defence and Energy Firms While Working as Lobbyist for Arms and Fossil Fuel Industry Groups
Lord Walney’s proposals would impose an effective ban on certain protest groups while handing police forces the power to outlaw regular Gaza protests
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‘Huge Victory for Democracy’ as Rishi Sunak’s Protest Crackdown Found Unlawful by High Court
The Home Office unlawfully gave police the powers to intervene against protests where no serious disruption was taking place, the court found
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Lawyer Explains How Lord Walney’s ‘Extreme Protest’ Groups Report Makes ‘Criminal Law Redundant and is Draconian and Dangerous’
The report is expected to proscribe Just Stop Oil and Palestine Action as ‘extreme protest groups’ and restrict their ability to fundraise and assemble
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Government ‘Independent Adviser’ Who ‘Backs Ban’ on Climate and Palestine Groups has Paid Roles with Defence and Business Lobbyists
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
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More Protesters to Face Prison as Government Plans Bans on Face Masks and Flares at Demonstrations
“The Government is determined to shut down the ways in which ordinary people can take to the streets to make their voices heard,” Liberty says
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‘Gideon Falter Came to a Pro-Palestine Demo Looking to Provoke – And the Media Gave him What He Wanted’
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
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Retired Social Worker Who Faced Two Years in Prison for Holding Up Sign Outside Climate Trial is Cleared
Campaigners say the judge throwing out Government claims that Trudi Warner was in contempt of court is a victory for free speech
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‘A Keir Starmer Government Will Trigger a Revival of the Labour Left’
The Labour party leader’s long marginalisation of the Left cannot survive the realities of Government, argues his former advisor Simon Fletcher
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Plans to Bar Politicians from Meeting Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Climate Activists are “Dangerous and Authoritarian” Say MPs
If MPs in other countries were barred from meeting civil society groups, the regimes would be “condemned and investigated” Dawn Butler told Byline Times
