As over 100,000 people sign our petition opposing The Police, Crime and Sentencing Bill, convincing a Tory government with an 80-seat majority is tough. That’s why Netpol is also making equally tough demands on @PoliceChiefs who lobbied for new legislation netpol.org/2021/03/15/tho…
We need to #KillTheBill but we need more. We've two simple demands on the police. Either set out what "respecting international human rights standards" for policing protests means in practice or say why you won't. Enough guessing what restrictions you'll impose on our rights next
Netpol spent many years attempting, with the support in particular of @TheGreenParty MEP Keith Taylor, to put pressure on senior officers to complete a review into the way the policing of anti-fracking protests was conducted theguardian.com/environment/20… #FreedomToProtest
After pressure from Netpol, in Sept 2019 @PoliceChiefs finally released new draft guidance. It was terrible – so hopelessly misguided in its understanding of human rights obligations that even @HMICFRS criticised it in a report last week netpol.org/2019/09/30/net…
That's why we have written our own set of standards, based on the experience and feedback of campaigning groups. It focuses not only on public order laws but on police tactics like kettling and dispersal and on intrusive surveillance. Find out more at netpol.org/charter/ 
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