Submitted on Sunday 14th March 2021
Rejected on Friday 19th March 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Reject the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021
The Home Secretary seeks to introduce new laws in the UK via the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021. Hidden in this bill are details of the Government seeking power to restrict any non-violent protects on the grounds of ‘noise or nuisance’ and make protests at Parliament Square illegal.
The Government is seeking to clamp down on the right to peacefully protest directly in response to the various climate and race-related protests which took place in 2020. It is no secret that the Home Secretary does not support the freedom to protest after her labelling of the 2020 BLM protests as ‘dreadful’. The Government is seeking to suppress the freedom to protest by increasing police powers to stop them, even for non-violent protests of just one person. We demand that the Bill be rejected.
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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Do not pass the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/579242
Do not restrict our rights to peaceful protest: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/579012
Remove single person protest clauses in Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/578875
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