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Pride marches, football matches, and vigils: The ordinary activities that could get caught up in the government’s new slow walking crackdown
London Pride 2019
Public Order Act

Pride marches, football matches, and vigils: The ordinary activities that could get caught up in the government’s new slow walking crackdown

Police can now restrict anything causing more than a ‘minor hindrance’ to the public
Exclusive: UN slaps down Tory bid to criminalise ‘legitimate and important’ slow walking protests
Just Stop Oil
Activism

Exclusive: UN slaps down Tory bid to criminalise ‘legitimate and important’ slow walking protests

Too much power has been grabbed by the bad guys
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Letters

Too much power has been grabbed by the bad guys

What you need to know about the Public Order Act, the law used to arrest coronation protesters
Public Order Bill

What you need to know about the Public Order Act, the law used to arrest coronation protesters

UK’s civil liberties rating downgraded thanks to government crackdowns on protests, elections and strikes
Activism

UK’s civil liberties rating downgraded thanks to government crackdowns on protests, elections and strikes

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New laws could make it easier to arrest journalists. Here’s why that matters
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Press freedom

New laws could make it easier to arrest journalists. Here’s why that matters

The government’s anti-protest bill is back. Here’s what you might not know about it
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Public Order Bill

The government’s anti-protest bill is back. Here’s what you might not know about it

How a community fought the police and a billion-pound contract to save their street trees
The Felling, Sheffield trees
activism

How a community fought the police and a billion-pound contract to save their street trees

New anti-protest law could criminalise someone for tying up a loud dog outside a cafe
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Policing Bill

New anti-protest law could criminalise someone for tying up a loud dog outside a cafe

The Public Order Bill uses anti-terror tactics against peaceful protesters. We need to unite against it
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Shami Chakrabarti

The Public Order Bill uses anti-terror tactics against peaceful protesters. We need to unite against it

Why are anti-monarchy protesters being arrested after the Queen’s death?
Protest

Why are anti-monarchy protesters being arrested after the Queen’s death?

Public Order Bill: Linking arms at a protest could mean a year in prison under proposed laws, warn MPs
A group of masked demonstrators marches with arms locked at a demonstration on April 19, 2008 in Washington, DC
Right to protest

Public Order Bill: Linking arms at a protest could mean a year in prison under proposed laws, warn MPs

A US-funded anti-abortion group is trying to influence UK anti-protest legislation
A protester holds a 'My body, my choice' placard.
Protest

A US-funded anti-abortion group is trying to influence UK anti-protest legislation

Protests could add £200m to cost of building HS2
HS2

Protests could add £200m to cost of building HS2

Priti Patel's new bill 'treats peaceful protest like knife crime or terrorism'
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Public Order Bill

Priti Patel's new bill 'treats peaceful protest like knife crime or terrorism'

Public do not support Priti Patel's plans to increase police powers, poll finds
Public Order Bill
Public Order Bill

Public do not support Priti Patel's plans to increase police powers, poll finds

How you can have your say on Priti Patel's anti-protest Public Order Bill
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Public Order Bill

How you can have your say on Priti Patel's anti-protest Public Order Bill

Expanded stop and search powers will lead to ‘more criminalisation of Black people’, groups warn
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Stop and Search

Expanded stop and search powers will lead to ‘more criminalisation of Black people’, groups warn

What we know about the new laws the government wants to introduce
Prince Charles delivers the speech at the state opening of Parliament
Politics

What we know about the new laws the government wants to introduce