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18 Mar, 3 tweets, 2 min read
We all want to live in an equal, just and fair society

Our laws and legal processes allow ordinary ppl to hold govs and public authorities to account when they get it wrong

Recommendations announced today show these basic principles of democracy are under attack
#SaveYourRights
By suggesting it shouldn’t be poss to bring legal challenges against certain decisions, and limiting court powers when they find Gov has acted unlawfully, Gov is stifling ppl’s ability to challenge its decisions through the courts, even decisions that infringe basic human rights
Ordinary ppl must be able to challenge those in power.

No one is above the law.

#JudicialReview is importantr part of that principle.

If it’s limited, we’re on a dangerous path where govs – both now and in future – can no longer be held to account
libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/liberty-…

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18 Mar
Today the Government announced proposals to limit people's ability to challenge Gov and public bodies in court.

NO ONE SHOULD BE ABOVE THE LAW

But the Government is trying to hide from accountability at every turn.

[THREAD] libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/liberty-…
SIDELINING PARLIAMENT

Gov has spent the last year drastically changing everyone's lives with barely a moment's notice - and next to no scrutiny from elected MPs.

Table of all COVID regs here from @AdamWagner1 -many enacted the same day MPs first saw them
PROTEST

The #PoliceCrackdown Bill gives police more powers to shut down protest, creates a buffer zone around Parliament, makes 'serious annoyance' punishable by 10 years in prison AND MORE.

Protest isn't a gift from the State. It's our fundamental right
Read 7 tweets
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15 Mar
The #PoliceCrackdownBill targets what makes our protest rights meaningful and gives the police even more powers to shut protests down.

Breakdown of this dangerous Bill [THREAD]:
CONDITIONS

Currently a senior police officer can place 3 conditions on a static protest (that stays in one place):
1. place
2. duration
3. number of people

#PoliceCrackdownBill lets the officer place any condition "as appear to him necessary" - a dangerously broad power.
NOISE

The #PoliceCrackdownBill says "noise generated by persons taking part" is a reason for police to impose conditions on a protest if the noise "may result in
serious disruption to the activities of an organisation which are carried out in the vicinity".
Read 16 tweets
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26 Feb
BREAKING
Supreme Court has overturned previous ruling over Shamima Begum’s right to return to the UK to participate in her case.

The right to a fair trial protects all of us. Stripping someone’s citizenship without due process sets a dangerous precedent.
Citizenship-stripping is among the most extreme powers available to Gov. Making someone stateless is against international law.

Gov say Shamima Begum is eligible for Bangladeshi citizenship.

She was born in UK and has never held a Bangladeshi passport.
libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/misuse-o…
The right to a #fairtrial is not something democratic Govs should take away on a whim and nor is someone’s British citizenship.

If a Gov is allowed to wield extreme powers like banishment without the basic safeguards of a fair trial it sets an extremely dangerous precedent.
Read 4 tweets
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25 Feb
Gov says it wants to build back better – but the road map does nothing to #ProtectEveryone already left behind.

We’ve teamed up with expert charities, NGOs + lawyers to present a new way forward that supports people to stay safe:

THE PROTECT EVERYONE BILL
We’ll only get through this pandemic if we #ProtectEveryone without exception.

In a few weeks MPs can reject Gov's Coronavirus Act – which has stripped away rights and left people behind.

And they can replace it with the Protect Everyone Bill.
libertyhumanrights.org.uk/fundamental/co…
🆕#ProtectEveryone Bill:

🔘Suspends the racist hostile environment
🔘Respects disabled people’s rights
🔘Ensures everyone has safe housing
🔘Makes sure everyone can meet their basic needs
🔘Protects protest rights
🔘Guarantees MPs vote on lockdown restrictions

And more.
Read 4 tweets
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11 Nov 20
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-…
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.
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.
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27 Jul 20
BREAKING | #StopAndSearch

We've uncovered new figures showing the Met Police dramatically increased use of the most discriminatory form of stop and search during lockdown.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/j…
Section 60 orders allow police to stop and search people without any suspicion - a recipe for discrimination.

It's only supposed to be used if there has been violence or when serious violence may occur in a specific area.

Met police issued 65 in May - up from 13 in April.
Black people are almost 10 times more likely to be stopped under regular (so-called section 1) stop and search powers than white people.
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