Increasing restrictions on civic freedoms: excessive force, racial profiling and restrictive laws target pro-Palestine protesters Published at 18.07.2024 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption HRD detained excessive force bureaucratic restriction censorship surveillance positive court ruling LGBTI women refugees and migrants release of HRDs positive CS development labour rights protest extractive industries restrictive law HRD acquitted people with disabilities protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Government abandons Bill of Rights Bill, controversial laws on migration, protest and strikes remain Published at 30.10.2023 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants positive CS development travel ban negative court ruling labour rights protest restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Freedom of expression under threat as anti-boycott bill enters Parliament Published at 06.07.2023 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption refugees and migrants surveillance excessive force labour rights protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Civic space in decline: Restrictions on protests, attacks on migrant rights, & protesters behind bars Published at 13.03.2023 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women refugees and migrants harassment negative court ruling labour rights protest violent protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Anti-monarchy protesters face repression as the right to protest remains under threat Published at 10.10.2022 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights refugees and migrants harassment HRD prosecuted censorship protest extractive industries positive court ruling Read more
“A dark day for democracy’: Policing Bill becomes law; protesters at Sarah Everard vigil prosecuted Published at 03.06.2022 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI extractive industries restrictive law harassment protestor(s) detained protest public vilification environmental rights Read more
Threats on civic freedoms continue as government attempts to evade accountability Published at 04.02.2022 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction HRD acquitted positive court ruling refugees and migrants minority groups harassment protestor(s) detained HRD detained protest restrictive law environmental rights Read more
Peaceful Assembly under attack: Policing bill proposes up to 51 weeks’ jail time for protesting Published at 14.12.2021 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights refugees and migrants intimidation harassment excessive force protest public vilification internet restriction political interference Read more
New proposals for restrictive #PolicingBill aim to curb protests further Published at 02.11.2021 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment protest prevention of protest political interference restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Heavy-handed policing as hundreds arrested at Extinction Rebellion protests Published at 03.09.2021 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups intimidation surveillance excessive force protest restrictive law access to info. law women office raid refugees and migrants protestor(s) detained Read more
#KilltheBill protests continue amid police violence; Extinction Rebellion co-founder arrested Published at 21.05.2021 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protestor(s) detained refugees and migrants attack on journalist restrictive law HRD detained excessive force HRD acquitted protest public vilification people with disabilities extractive industries positive court ruling violent protest environmental rights Read more
Calls for #KilltheBill as the UK government seeks to stifle protests even further Published at 06.04.2021 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation excessive force women protest public vilification prevention of protest violent protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
