Campaigners say the police failed to properly investigate an alleged campaign of intimidation against them
Protest
These factors do not exist in isolation but interact and act as force multipliers for each other and are ripe to be manipulated through identity politics
Why are peaceful protesters getting longer sentences than violent rioters? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th August 2024 A functioning society depends on equality before the law. If crimes are not treated equally and dispassionately by the justice system, we lose trust in democracy and each other. But as sentences begin to be […]
The five activists face the "longest ever" jail terms for peaceful protest, and international NGOs have rallied behind them
"It is irresponsible and disrespectful to punish the very people that the company relies on for its success in pursuit of shareholder profits."
Labour must repeal the laws that led to shockingly disproportionate prison sentences for environmental protesters. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19th July 2024 How do you know when protest tactics are working? When governments ban them. The oppressive laws introduced by the previous government – the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 […]
Campaigners call on Keir Starmer to stop the ongoing erosion of civic space in the UK
New Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has a decision to make over the weekend