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24 Nov, 4 tweets, 3 min read
#WeProtest to make our voices heard when the powerful refuse to listen.

Gurkha former soldiers' hunger strike forced Gov to pay attention to their pension equality demands.

The #PolicingBill would have shut their protest down. Email your MP to scrap it action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/92606/act…
The #PolicingBill is an attack on the rights of everyone who has a cause they believe in and want to stand up for.

📨Email your MP today to stop this dangerous Bill. action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/92606/act… A photograph of Gyanraj who...
You can support Gurkha Satyagraha here gurkhasatyagraha.org A photograph of Yam, a form...
📽️Watch more of Gyanraj and Yam's story, and the stories of other people who have had to stand up to power through protest, here libertyhumanrights.org.uk/fundamental/we…

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26 Nov
From bad to worse:

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#WeProtest to make our voices heard when the powerful refuse to listen.

When the council tried to evict @Sistah_Space, Ngozi and Rose campaigned for a safe space for Black DV survivors.

The #PolicingBill would have stopped them. Email your MP to scrap it action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/92606/act…
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#VaccinePassports will create a two-tier society where some people can access services and others are shut out.

And it's the most marginalised whose rights will be worst affected.
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18 Jul
1.BREAKING

Gov did NOT consult leading police bodies on plans to crack down on protest rights in the #PolicingBill.

Responses to Liberty and @friends_earth freedom of information requests contradict repeated claims from Ministers.

theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
@friends_earth 2.During the #PolicingBill debate, the Home Secretary said “I have worked closely with the Police Federation in developing this Bill”.

But the Federation has now told us "we did not provide a written submission nor were we consulted on issues of protest related legislation".
@friends_earth 3. Gov has used HMIC report as justification for #PolicingBill powers.

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But they say "APCC did not make written submissions (or hold meetings) with HMIC regarding the issues of protest-related legislation".
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23 Apr
If you're wondering why people are still taking to the streets against the #PoliceCrackdownBill, here's what the Gov has in store for the people's right to protest:

[THREAD] screenshot of the title page of the Police, Crime, Sentencin
CONDITIONS

Currently a senior police officer can place 3 conditions on a static protest (that stays in one place):
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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". screenshot of the relevant section of the Bill
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