According to the new research, all the protest arrests result in less than three percent of the allegations, as the propaganders are calling for anti -anti -anti -anti -measures.
Data received by green Peace Through freedom of Information Requests show that only 18 out of total 638 arrests Metropolitan Police In the last six years, allegations have been made as a result of a conspiracy to cause public disturbance.
His research saw about ten times the number of arrests in the capital since 2019. There were 67 arrests and charges to cause public disturbances between 2012 and the end of 2018, with over 600 arrests and 18 allegations since 2019, as the rate of arrest was less than 12 percent.
Greenpeace UK co-executive director, Abba Hamid, “accused the police of” regular pulling protesters on the streets for a crime, which they almost always failed to charge with them “, stating that he said” the right to misuse of their powers and the right to protest “.
He said: “Arrest people who follow the law are politically inconvenient, there is a terrible development in any democracy, and the government’s instinct is a direct result to stop the free speech and prevent people from standing for issues that they care deeply.”
Campaigors said that arrest increased rapidly Rebellion And to bring thousands of more people on the streets of London to take action to deal with climate change on Friday for the future.
Conclusions come as four major environmental and human rights organizations – Amnesty International UK, Earth’s friendGreenpeace and Liberty – are launching a nationwide campaign to stand up for the right to protest, as they call from the Home Secretary that to reinstate the rights of the people to express themselves by reversing the opposing special measures in two major pieces of the law passed since 2022.
Khalid Abdullah, from an actor CrownThe interview was conducted by the police in March under caution in March following his role in protest against a Palestinian protest in January.
As part of the campaign to stand for the right to protest, he said: “I think many people do not realize that there is no difficult laws on the rift disruptive laws on the protest Civil disobedienceIt is about creating an environment of intimidation. The right to speak against the work of the government is an important examination whether you live in an independent, democratic country.
“I live in countries where we have dear rights in Britain, they are not present, and my family has paid the price of speaking. So I did not expect that Britain expected the country where I will first be investigated by the police for their participation in public opposition. For six months, I lived under the danger of being accused until the police was confirmed, I would not show clearly.
A Met Police spokesperson said: “We recognize the importance of the right to protest, although where the protest crosses the line into criminality, we have the duty to intervene using the available powers.
“The threshold for arrest is appropriate that a crime has occurred. The threshold to charge someone is quite high, the authorities need to show that there is enough evidence to provide a realistic possibility of punishment in the court.
“It is especially challenging, especially challenging for that standard to prove that a person has conspired to cause public disturbance with others. It is reflected in a limited number of allegations for that crime.”
The conspiracy to create a disturbance is a crime under the police, crime, punishment and courts Act 2022, which is used by the police to arrest the protesters. There was a dispute due to the bill, when it passed, to fight against it with several ‘Kill the Bill’ rallies in the UK.
The campaigners have also asked ministers to attack some protest sections in crime and policing bills, which are making their way through Parliament.
A section that has created special concern is one that allows the police to request that people remove items used to hide their identity if some authority are in place, which may be a month’s maximum fine, a fine of £ 1,000, or both.
Written evidence presented by Big Brother Watch, Liberty, Privacy International, and Stop Watch is called “unnecessary” and warned that they can “significantly threaten our right to protest and independently protest.”
