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Protesting the Russian Invasion of Ukraine 1

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Thinking of protesting? We have guides about tech used at protests

Privacy International @privacyintThinking of protesting? We have guides about tech used at protests — while this is UK policing edition, some techniques could be used by a well-resourced adversary. Understand surveillance at protests Strategies to minimise being identified or tracked … Continue reading

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‘Protest is the lifeblood of our democracy, and it’s under threat’

INTERVIEWS 4th February, 2022 Raj Chada, a defence lawyer who represented the Colston Four, says prosecuting demonstrators is becoming a ‘reflex’ in the UK. Sean Morrison  sean@thebristolcable.org Direct-action protesters risking arrest have always played an important part in the democratic … Continue reading

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Met/NPCC statement – compensation awarded in Investigatory Powers Tribunal case

On 30 September 2021, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) handed down Judgment in relation to the claim brought by Kate Wilson against the Met and the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC). The claim related to the actions of undercover police … Continue reading

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Jason Kirkpatrick & the German SpyCops court case

Jason Kirkpatrick is a climate change activist based in Berlin who was targeted by undercover police officer Mark Kennedy. He is now taking legal action in Germany over the deployment of British undercover police officers at the G8 summit in … Continue reading

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Police Bill: Lords defeat some measures but concerns remain over a number of provisions

On 17 January 2022, the protest measures of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill were debated in the House of Lords. In a night of crushing defeats for the government, peers voted 14 times to block its proposals. Among … Continue reading

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The Police Bill Just Got Even Worse

Want to tell your friends about a protest on Facebook? Forget it. by Sam Knights 7 December 2021 The Metropolitan Police arrest an Insulate Britain activist taking part in a road block in London, November 2021. Hesther Ng/Reuters The government is currently … Continue reading

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Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. Briefing

This briefing comes from a broad coalition of civil society organisations, including faith groups, democracy and human rights campaigners, and environmental activists.   The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill would significantly limit the right to protest, which is an essential … Continue reading

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Jailed for 51 weeks for protesting? Britain is becoming a police state by stealth

Jailed for 51 weeks for protesting? Britain is becoming a police state by stealth George Monbiot The government’s back-door amendments to the policing bill are tyrannical. We should be on the streets in our millions Wed 1 Dec 2021 06.00 … Continue reading

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Sudanese protest in Market Square, Nottingham : Stop killing civilians!

Stop killing civilians! Sudanese security forces shot dead two people Saturday during mass protests against the country’s recent military coup, a doctors’ union said. The shootings came despite repeated appeals by the West to Sudan’s new military rulers to show … Continue reading

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Anti-Spiking Campaign – protest to Rock City

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Anti Spiking Campaign protest in Market Square and on to Rock City, Nottingham

Anti Spiking Campaign protest in Market Square and on to Rock City, NottinghamOrganised by the Club Safe Collective. A Club Safe Collective spokeswoman said: “The aim is a change of attitude, there is a lot of victim blaming going on … Continue reading

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Ratcliffe Power Station Action and Court : My reporting

Previous blog entries: https://alanlodge.co.uk/blog/?s=ratcliffe Nottingham Spring into Action :: Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station 1 Nottingham Spring into Action :: Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station 2 Nottingham Spring into Action :: Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station 3 Ratcliffe Power station Climate Action, The Judgement [Magistrate’s Court … Continue reading

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Nottingham Stands With Hong Kong Protest

300 HongKongers and their supporters gathered in Nottingham to condemn the Chinese Communist Party’s repression in Hong Kong ** Hong Kong is in its darkest day in history and a revolution must take place. We will not surrender until we … Continue reading

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Nadia Whittome MP speaks at Nottingham Stand With Hong Kong protest

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Tui Deportation of Asylum Seekers : A protest in Nottingham against TUI’s involvement in deporting refugees.

A protest in Nottingham against TUI’s involvement in deporting refugees. This comes as part of a wider demonstration across targeting TUI branches across the country. Organisers are voicing their concern at TUI being the main airline involved in the Home … Continue reading

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Reclaim the Streets – The Film

Today the word on the street is ‘Occupy’. This is how we used to do it in the 90’s… Imagine 5000 people being taken across London by underground to a mystery location and then transforming a motorway into a sand … Continue reading

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My pictures of events that day: GRT Travellers Protest [Kill the Bill], London. 7th July 2021

GRT Travellers Protest [Kill the Bill], London. 7th July 2021. https://www.facebook.com/tashuk/posts/10158632025681799

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Drive 2 Survive rally to protest anti-Traveller law ‘makes history’

14 July 2021 https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/news/2021/07/drive-2-survive-rally-protest-anti-traveller-law-makes-history The Drive 2 Survive rally kicked off with an explosive start in Parliament Square last week as campaigners warned of a ‘summer of discontent’ against the new racist police bill which will “wipe out” Gypsy and Traveller and other nomadic … Continue reading

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Drive 2 Survive rally to protest anti-Traveller law ‘makes history’

14 July 2021 The Drive 2 Survive rally kicked off with an explosive start in Parliament Square last week as campaigners warned of a ‘summer of discontent’ against the new racist police bill which will “wipe out” Gypsy and Traveller … Continue reading

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