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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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

#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

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

Peaceful assembly under threat: crackdown on environmental and BLM protesters
- Published at
- 15.12.2020
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- minority groups
- harassment
- positive CS development
- surveillance
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights