If you thought the Policing Bill was bad before, that was nothing compared to the latest version.
Priti Patel has quietly added further measures to effectively criminalise protest.
These laws belong in a dictatorship, not a democracy.
Some of the worst new powers 👇🏽 1/5
Priti Patel has quietly added further measures to effectively criminalise protest.
These laws belong in a dictatorship, not a democracy.
Some of the worst new powers 👇🏽 1/5
Police will be able to stop & search at protests to avoid a "public nuisance".
If you refuse, you face jail time.
Attaching yourself to anything, carrying "equipment" for this, even potentially holding hands will be illegal. 2/5
If you refuse, you face jail time.
Attaching yourself to anything, carrying "equipment" for this, even potentially holding hands will be illegal. 2/5
Most terrifying of all: new Asbo-like orders can be imposed on protesters, even if no crime is committed.
These remove rights to freedom of speech and assembly + can ban you from certain places, seeing certain people, carrying certain items, encouraging protest online. 3/5
These remove rights to freedom of speech and assembly + can ban you from certain places, seeing certain people, carrying certain items, encouraging protest online. 3/5
It was through protest that people won some of our most fundamental rights - the right to vote, for example.
No wonder Priti Patel wants to criminalise it.
We are sliding rapidly into an authoritarian society. We have to stop this Bill. 4/5
No wonder Priti Patel wants to criminalise it.
We are sliding rapidly into an authoritarian society. We have to stop this Bill. 4/5
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