Protest ban is the latest attempt to limit our rights.
Elite sports = allowed
Schools & unis = open
Film & TV = going ahead
But without justification or explanation, Gov took this chance to ban protest - and within days there were more than 200 arrests. libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/protest-…
Elite sports = allowed
Schools & unis = open
Film & TV = going ahead
But without justification or explanation, Gov took this chance to ban protest - and within days there were more than 200 arrests. libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/protest-…
Earlier this year, racial justice protesters were kettled. And a trans rights advocacy group cancelled a protest when police said they'd be arrested and fined.
The pandemic is being used as an excuse for crackdown on protest, but it’s not the whole picture.
The pandemic is being used as an excuse for crackdown on protest, but it’s not the whole picture.
Last year, the Met unlawfully banned protest across London, and arrested over 1,000 people at Extinction Rebellion demos.
In correspondence with the Home Sec, Met Commissioner said the climate change protests created “opportunities” to limit the right to protest.
In correspondence with the Home Sec, Met Commissioner said the climate change protests created “opportunities” to limit the right to protest.
People must not be criminalised en masse for standing up for their beliefs, no matter what the cause. This remains true even in a pandemic.
Gov must urgently make clear it has no intention of using this crisis to curtail our right to protest.
Gov must urgently make clear it has no intention of using this crisis to curtail our right to protest.
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