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May 4 • 3 tweets • 3 min read
Now the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act has given the police new powers to impose restrictions on protests, what happens next? netpol.org/2022/05/04/def… #DefendDissent Women protesters hold up th...
It's time to get organised. Netpol will assist frontline campaigners facing the impact of new police powers. We've started to gather resources - see 'Get Organised to Defend Dissent'
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We need better protection for campaigners most likely to face increased surveillance – and greater awareness of basic security practices that can help us challenge police intelligence gathering.

Read our new 'Guide to Police Surveillance' netpol.org/netpols-guide-… #DefendDissent Image

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Apr 27
🧵 With the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act about to become law, what's important now is not to panic or despair but to get ready to resist - a short thread on the new law's protest provisions
1. Many of the Act's new protest powers are poorly defined with the Home Secretary deciding the meaning of terms like “serious disruption”. In practice, the police will choose when and how to impose restrictions on protests, opening the door for widespread abuse. That means...
2. KNOWING YOUR RIGHTS: new police powers aim to further criminalise campaigners who use direct action or civil disobedience tactics, often something as simple as blocking a road, so we all need to know what new changes to the law mean. We will have new legal resources ready soon
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Apr 26
Our 2015 campaign "Together Against Prevent" gets a mention in this Policy Exchange report. Not sure how we're part of a "raucous Islamist opposition" though: our campaign specifically argued that collectively campaigners must not leave Muslim communities to resist Prevent alone
Policy Exchange points the finger at Muslim opponents of Prevent and throws around accusations that "delegitimising counter terrorism risks enabling terrorism" because this means avoiding widespread condemnation of Prevent from a wide spectrum of human rights organisations
You can find out about our 'Together Against Prevent' campaign here - and decide for yourself if it's terrifying or entirely reasonable togetheragainstprevent.org
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Dec 31, 2021
As 2021 draws to a close, it's time to reflect back on what, for Netpol, has been an enormously busy - and worrying - twelve months
Having predicted new anti-protest legislation last year, we were ready in March 2021 to resist the government's alarming Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. Our response was the launch of a new Charter for Freedom of Assembly Rights netpol.org/2021/03/09/pro…
At the same time (and somewhat overshadowed by the bill), we also highlighted the release of a thematic review on “how effectively the police deal with protests” by @HMICFRS, which called for a huge increase in surveillance on protesters netpol.org/2021/03/11/are…
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Oct 5, 2021
A protester standing outside Conservative Party conference in Manchester with a handmade sign reading "Priti Fascist", during the Home Secretary's speech to delegates, was arrested and bundled into a police van.

He's not wrong, is he? #PritiFascist
He was subsequently "dearrested" but how on earth does @gmpolice justify this fundamental denial of rights to freedom of expression and assembly? #PritiFascist
Liam Geary Baulch who lives near Manchester told us: "within 30 seconds of holding this sign outside the Conservative party conference it was confiscated by Manchester police for "offensive language". When I asked to have my property back, I was arrested for breach of the peace"
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Oct 3, 2021
The Home Secretary has announced even greater police powers than those already in the PCSC Bill: an amendment so protesters who block the highway could face unlimited fines and up to six months in jail
It's also reported police will also receive powers to stop and search activists for “lock-on” equipment. This was something we warned about last year and was recommended by HMIC in a thematic review of protest policing back in March
From our website, November 2020: "the government intends to introduce new grounds for using stop and search powers in order to “prevent significant disruption”, which could include searches for items that protesters could potentially use for direct action or civil disobedience"
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Apr 17, 2021
Why were thousands marching today to #KillTheBill? One reason is the government's new policing bill "creates is a situation where far more protests, far more often, are likely to face the prospect of having conditions imposed on them" netpol.org/2021/04/13/exp…
"We know from experience that the police are already quick to impose restrictions and conditions on protests, which is why any organisation that is likely to make its voice heard noisily should feel alarmed by the bill’s public order proposals"
"Furthermore, any trade union picket line or protest calling for an ethical boycott of a business that successfully persuades people from entering a company’s premises may find its owners starting to ask the police to shut down pickets or protests"
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