Today the government announced plans for a new crackdown on the freedom to protest. Home Secretary Priti Patel’s anger is aimed in particular at @XRebellionUK and the rejuvenated Black Lives Matter movement. We are opposing planned changes to the law netpol.org/2021/03/09/pro… 
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill announced today includes plans to “strengthen police powers to tackle non-violent protests that have a significant disruptive effect on the public or on access to Parliament” gov.uk/government/new…
Back in November 2020, we set out what the anticipated new legislation was likely to include: significant changes to the Public Order Act netpol.org/2020/11/26/gov…
The government's response to the toppling of the statue of Bristol slave trader Edward Colston in June last year is an increase in the maximum penalty for criminal damage of a memorial – from 3 months to 10 years bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
In responding to these latest challenges, Netpol argues that unless we advocate for positive demands, the government will simply keep chipping away at our rights. Next week we are launching a new “Charter for Freedom of Assembly Rights”
Right now, you can sign the petition opposing changes to the law that will restrict the right to protest when the current lockdown starts to ease you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/prot…
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