Kettling for intelligence ruled unlawful by High Court
The High Court has issued an important ruling relating to Police intelligence gathering during containment situations. During a TUC demonstration in London on 30th November 2011, a kettle was imposed...
View ArticleG8 Protests: Outnumbered by the Police
With the G8 summit protests, held in Northern Ireland this week, being rather smaller than previous years I thought it important to look at the G8/G20, the protests they’ve inspired, and ask of this...
View ArticleTear Gas Everywhere
Whether it be mainstream or citizen journalism, a striking feature of photos from the protests in Turkey is the ever-present cloud of pale yellow gas lurking in the background or engulfing protesters,...
View ArticleTrenton Oldfield: imprisoned for non-violent direct action, now facing...
Protest On 7th April 2012 Trenton Oldfield, a 37 year old Australian who has lived in the UK for over a decade, temporarily disrupted the Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race. He did so not out of hatred for...
View Article“Super-ASBO” IPNAs rejected by House of Lords
Last night the House of Lords rejected by a majority of 128 the Government’s proposed Anti-social Behavour, Crime and Policing Bill (pdf). Aspects of the Bill were intended to replace Labour’s highly...
View ArticleReflections on London’s March for Gaza
It is easy to remain dubious over the efficacy of well-stewarded A-to-B protest marches, and I certainly felt pangs of apprehension as the march for Gaza set off from the Israeli Embassy yesterday...
View ArticleThreats to Freedom of Assembly and Association: Briefing
Law is War authors, Amy and Jag, were asked to help write a briefing document being compiled by Defend the Right to Protest to coincide with a two day workshop hosted by the UN Special Rappoteur, Maina...
View Article‘No Comment’– Two Big Words
In an age of intelligence-led policing, ‘no comment’ is of fundamental importance. Police, especially insidious Police Liaison Officers, use our innate human dispensation towards communication against...
View ArticleTo arrest and intimidate: State determination to undermine dissent laid bare
Black Lives Matter The arrest of 76 protesters following a die-in at Westfield shopping centre in London on 10th December 2014 was not just outrageous and callous, but provides one of the clearest...
View ArticleSupreme Court’s Catt judgment ignores reality of surveillance and seriously...
Yesterday’s Supreme Court judgment ( press summary here) in the Catt case marks a missed opportunity to protect the privacy rights of protestors and instead waves through the police’s runaway mass...
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