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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
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Palestine Protesters Vow to Keep Marching Despite Fresh Clampdown Threats, as Muslim Council Blasts Islamophobic Rhetoric
Palestine protest organisers believe senior Government officials are placing heavy pressure on police to clamp down on their demonstrations
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Leading UN Figure Gives Scathing Verdict on UK Government’s Climate Campaign Clampdown and “Chilling” Effect on Protest Rights
The UN’s spokesman on ‘climate defenders’ hit out at the Conservatives’ suite of anti-protest laws – and media rhetoric against green activists.
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Extinction Rebellion Co-Founder Slams Legal System After Suspended Sentence for HS2 Protest
Dr Gail Bradbrook is among the most high-profile climate activists to be sentenced over protests
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‘Sunak’s Government is Using a Moment of Crisis to Clamp Down on Dissent. We Can’t Let it Stand’
The Conservatives’ rhetoric and actions against the right to protest concern us all, writes Liberty’s interim director Akiko Hart.
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Rishi Sunak U-Turns on Palestine March Protest Ban in Clash With Conservative London Mayoral Candidate
Susan Hall says the protest should have been “refused” permission – but the PM now says they have the right to march
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Campaigners Risk Prison by Standing Outside Courts Telling Jurors of ‘Right to Acquit’
Trudi Warner faces up to two years in prison for contempt of court. Now activists across the country are copying her action in solidarity
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Plans to Massively Expand UK’s Largest Private Jet Airport Face Mounting Local Opposition
“We must stop expanding aviation until the technology exists to provide emission free, low-noise flights.”
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Courts to Face Wave of Protests as Climate Campaigners Say Right to Jury Trial ‘Under Attack’
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
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Big Oil Billions and The Real Cancel Culture Threatening Brits With Prison for Telling the Truth
How the legal system is silencing climate activists fighting for their right to speak up about the crisis
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Westminster Attacks on Workers’ Rights Sees UK’s Global Rating Tumble
Thousands of workers face being sacked for not crossing their own picket lines if new Westminster legislation passes
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UK Democracy ‘In Retreat’ Despite Ousting of Boris Johnson, New Report Finds
According to the research, ministers have pushed through changes to Britain’s political system that pose ‘considerable risks’ for the country’s democratic future
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Government Pushes Through ‘Deeply Concerning’ Clampdown on Protest Rights as Labour Lords Stand Back
With minimal parliamentary scrutiny, the Conservatives pass controversial changes to protest laws that could criminalise any disruptive demonstration
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Make or Break Moment for Protest Rights as Lords Set to Vote on ‘Chilling’ Changes
Leading barrister and dozens of organisations raise serious concerns about the “chilling effect” of the Government’s latest attempt to restrict the right to protest
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Anger as Labour Refuses to Back Bid to Stop Government Quietly Changing Definition of Disruptive Protest
The government is preparing to quietly amend the definition of disruptive protest in ‘chilling’ change already rejected by peers
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Coronation Controversy Continues: The Met Police Keeps Defending the Erosion of Peaceful Dissent
As the dust settles on the coronation, peaceful protesters need more than hints at a forthcoming apology, writes our Chief Reporter
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Government Preparing to Quietly Amend the Definition of Disruptive Protest in ‘Chilling’ Change
‘Sneaky, cheating bastards’ – Josiah Mortimer reports on a peer leading the charge against the Government’s fresh protest clampdown
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Met Police Accused of Twisting the Truth Over Coronation Arrests – As Labour Refuses to Back Bid to Repeal Controversial Protest Law
Commons session turns to farce as Conservative Deputy Chair suggests all protestors should just stand for election instead, Josiah Mortimer reports
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Siege of Israeli-Owned Drone Factory in Leicester Continues Despite Nearly 50 Arrests
Activists from Palestinian Action continue their protests around the Elbit-owned UAV company to mark 75 years since the ‘nakba’ displacement
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‘Why I Disrupted Jacob Rees Mogg’s Speech at Controversial National Conservatism Conference’
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
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Police Protest Clampdown: How the Met Arrested a Non-Violent Training Group
Mic Wright explains what happened to non-violent Animal Rising activists on the day of the Coronation
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Police Protest Clampdown: Just Stop Oil Supporters Arrested After ‘Blanket Ban’ Imposed on Their Peaceful Marches in London
Josiah Mortimer reports on a spree of arrests of peaceful protestors in the capital
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Coronation Clampdown: 18 Hours in Elephant and Castle
While covering the arrest of Republican demonstrators last weekend, Mic Wright also discovered Westminster volunteers the Night Stars had been caught up in the Met dragnet
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Republican Arrests: ‘The Right to Protest is Dead. We Need a New Movement to Win it Back’
When ministers and police argue the ability to protest is based on ‘context’ like TV viewing figures at the King’s coronation, it ceases to exist, says Josiah Mortimer
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Anti-Monarchy Campaigners Vow to Resist Home Office Attempts to ‘Intimidate’ Them
The Home Office sent campaign group Republic a letter setting out new powers to crush “disruptive” protests ahead of planned peaceful protests against King Charles, Josiah Mortimer reports
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Why Teacher Walkouts Aren’t Just About Pay
A striking teacher talks to Josiah Mortimer about what the pay crisis looks like on the ground in a Cornish secondary school
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Disrupting Grand National is ‘Just the Start’, Says Animal Rebellion
The direct action group plans to ‘liberate’ animals in slaughterhouses and farms over the summer – and halt horse-racing events, Josiah Mortimer reports
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The Starmer Audit: Three Years On, has the Labour Leader Kept his Pledges?
On the three-year anniversary of Keir Starmer becoming Labour Leader, Adam Bienkov analyses whether he has kept to his word or broken it
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Grant Shapps’ Latest Anti-Union Law ‘Likely to Be Struck Down’ in Embarrassing Blow
The Minimum Service Levels Bill is ‘almost certainly’ against international law – meaning any fines or sackings would be thrown out, according to a leading labour lawyer
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Government’s New Strike Breakers Get to Work
Some firms have ruled out using agency workers to break strikes – but others aren’t so discerning, Josiah Mortimer reports
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Supreme Court to Consider if Anti-Protest Power Grab Injunctions Should be Struck Down
Those breaching ‘persons unknown’ injunctions face an unlimited fine and up to two years in prison, with the potential for their assets to be seized. Their quiet roll-out goes far further than the Policing Act passed last year, Josiah Mortimer reports
