Submitted on Sunday 14th March 2021
Rejected on Friday 19th March 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Uphold the freedom to protest.
The government has announced plans for a new crackdown on the freedom to protest.
Buried in the 300 page, Police Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill are sweeping new powers to “tackle non-violent protests that have a significant disruptive effect”.
Proposed changes to the law make it an offence to cause “serious annoyance” or “ “inconvenience” - effectively allowing the police to criminalise any public protest.
Urge the Government to re-think this part of the bill and uphold the right to protest.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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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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