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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

Police watchdog raises concerns over abusive policing practices at Black Lives Matter protests
Published at
13.07.2020
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- people with disabilities
- non state actors

Coronavirus Act gives government unprecedented power; concerns over attempts to erode media freedom
Published at
22.04.2020
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- killing of journalist
- restrictive law
- censorship
- surveillance
- labour rights
- protest

Extinction Rebellion climate activists face heavy policing
Published at
14.02.2020
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- protest
- prevention of protest
- extractive industries
- surveillance
- environmental rights

UK anti-terror legislative and judicial steps threaten civil rights and freedom
Published at
16.05.2019
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- censorship
- refugees and migrants
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- journalist detained
- criminal defamation
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- environmental rights
- restrictive law
- non state actors

Fracking protestors jail sentence overturned on appeal
Published at
05.11.2018
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- positive CS development
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- release of HRDs

UN Special Rapporteur: anti-terror bill "falls short" of UK's rights obligations
Published at
09.08.2018
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- surveillance
- protest
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights

Environmental protests continue as fracking companies seek court injunction
Published at
02.07.2018
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- negative court ruling
- public vilification
- extractive industries
- private sector
- surveillance
- environmental rights
- non state actors

Two important victories for anti-fracking protestors
Published at
24.04.2018
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development
- excessive force
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- positive court ruling
- funding restriction
- private sector
- enabling law
- environmental rights
- refugees and migrants

Government plans to assess media sustainability welcomed by some, criticised by others
Published at
22.02.2018
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- political interference
- bureaucratic restriction

Civic freedoms under threat from new laws in UK
Published at
08.01.2018
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- positive CS development
- internet restriction
- political interference
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- access to info. law
- surveillance
- private sector