UK people: petition to remove anti-protest measures from the Public Order bill

[lokifan]

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/617312/

It closes tomorrow!

The government's trying to force through some of the more draconian shit they couldn't get through in the Policing Bill. The Lords stopped it last time (glad I went to the protest going on loudly outside while they were debating) but who knows?

"Were it to become law, just attending a protest could result in being served with a “serious disruption prevention order” restricting their right to protest, in part by limiting who they can associate with, what they can do online, and where they can go. A protester could be served with an order if they have twice within the past 5 years “carried out activities related to a protest that resulted in, or were likely to result in, serious disruption to two or more individuals, or to an organization”. Neither “serious disruption” nor “activities related to a protest” are defined. Breaching this order can carry a 51-week prison term." - Human Rights Watch

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

Thanks for the link!

[lokifan]

You're welcome :)

[sabotabby]

Good luck. This is a monstrous bill.

[lokifan]

Thanks!

It's really shocking. And the almost total lack of media coverage even moreso.

[trepkos]

That's a depressingly low total of signatures.

[lokifan]

Yeah :( The lack of media coverage has been a huge problem, I think.