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Planning to head out in England or Wales to protest #SaveSheikhJarrah or #SOSColmbia? Here’s our top legal tips to remember - keep yourselves & others safer by learning your rights & share these key messages by retweeting! (THREAD)
1. NO COMMENT! You’re usually not required to answer police questions, so don’t. - Say ‘no comment’. This includes ‘friendly chats’, on the streets, in a police van & during interview. PLOs (officers in blue bibs) are trained intelligence gatherers - remember ‘NO COMMENT’
2. NO PERSONAL DETAILS! You DON’T legally have to give personal details when you’re being stopped & searched & you usually don’t need to give personal details to police anyway
Thread on Colombian protests, context and what we can do to help.
#SOSColombia
Forgive me if I get anything wrong, I am also learning about what my brothers and sisters are going through.
#SOSColombia
Forgive me if I get anything wrong, I am also learning about what my brothers and sisters are going through.
The current demonstrations started against unpopular tax reforms proposed by the Duque government in response to rising inequality, poverty and unemployment from the COVID-19 pandemic. They quickly grew in response to a sharep surge in state violence.
Scenes of shocking police-brutality were shared thousands of times online, including shooting with live rounds, motorcycles ramming into protestors, and battering protestors with police shields.
