Anonymous17 days ago
The UK Labour government is pushing new police powers through the Crime and Policing Bill that would allow officers to ban protests based on the "cumulative disruption" of previous, unrelated demonstrations — the latest escalation in a years-long crackdown that has drawn condemnation from the UN, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International. With three anti-protest laws enacted since 2022, over 500 people arrested for breaching protest conditions, and activists sentenced to years in prison for planning demonstrations, civil liberties groups warn that Britain is systematically dismantling the right to peaceful dissent.