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View our privacy policyDefending the rights of protesters to hold power to account
The Tories have launched a chilling attack on hard-won rights to protest, shutting down dissent and unleashing the full power of the state on people defending our planet. We’re standing up for protesters and helping to defend the fundamental freedoms that support our fragile democracy.
Labour’s solicitor general has dropped the Tory campaign to prosecute a retired social worker after she held a placard outside a court.
Climate crisis protester is the first to have been sentenced with jail time for the controversial new Section 7 offence. We funded his bail application and will support him to appeal this draconian sentence.
We’re supporting action to defend the rights of protesters and the essential freedoms that hold up our fragile democracy.
