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Tag: activism and law
Stripping away our right to dissent
Netpol’s Kevin Blowe rounds up the set of incoming laws which threaten to outlaw all but the most useless forms of protest..
Backing the briefs
So the first all out strike of the fuel/ inflation crisis is The Barristers!
Jailing the Peaceful
James Brown, the Extinction Rebellion protestor and partially sighted paralympian who glued himself to the top of a plane has had his prison senten…
Rioting and Violent Disordering
Triple helpings of jail all-around planned for Bristol protestors.
Stansted 15 defendants have their terror convictions quashed
The activists who blocked a deportation flight on Stansted Airport in 2017 had their convictions quashed today in the Court of Appeal.
Boris’s sentencing bonanza part 2.1: “A smarter approach to sentencing”
This is the second part of Legal Andy’s series on the government’s latest sentencing proposals.
Bristol: city council seeks prosecution of slave trader’s statue-topplers
The Bristol City Council have formally reported the toppling of the slave trader Edward Colston’s statue as criminal damage, triggering a pol…
Legal: Can immigration officers arrest me for obstruction?
Over the last few weeks, we’ve received reports of several activists being arrested for allegedly obstructing immigration enforcement operati…
Britannia chained: The assault on our rights has begun
This week has seen a raft of draconian law & order policies floated by the government and police representatives.
Legal: Can I hide my face from facial recognition cameras?
Last Friday the Metropolitan police announced they would begin operational deployment of live facial recognition cameras.
Met police threaten to arrest entire UVW strike picket (again!)
For the second day in a row, officers from the Met threatened to arrest all those participating in a United Voices of the World (UVW) strike picket…
Travelling to the COP25 summit in Madrid? Make sure you know your rights
If you are planning to travel from Britain to protests at the United Nations COP25 climate change conference in Madrid, which begins next week, it …
Want to annoy the cops? Then bung a few quid at Netpol
The Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol) turned 10 this week and, instead of presents, they’re asking for cash.
Legal: The Tories want to give the police more power to evict and arrest trespassers on land
It is with absolutely no pleasure that we report that Britain’s poundshop Duterte, Priti Patel, is well and truly at it again.
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Starmer’s downfall – long time coming yet inevitable
The outgoing PM is a textbook example of a public figure who jettisoned principles in the search for power ~ Paul Gravett ~ The revolving door of U…
EU votes to speed up deportations
Removal of undocumented people becomes easier as far-right international continues to rise ~ Blade Runner ~ An alliance of centre-right and far-rig…
Notes from the US: Sadistic idiocy
MAGA apologists square multiple circles just in order to ‘live with themselves’ ~ Louis Further ~ A new study by members of the School …
Dissident Russian artist murdered in Poland
Assassination of Semyon Skrepetsky is a threatening message to the entire Russian opposition in Europe ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Bashkir artist Semyon Skr…
Lament for a lost revolution
A century since the General Strike of 1926 ~ punkacademic ~ In the opening week of May 1926, Britain had its first, last, and only General Strike.
