Submitted on Sunday 14th March 2021
Rejected on Friday 19th March 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Protect the people's right to protest and gather and their human rights.
The government has decided to "crack down" on our freedom to peaceful protest. This is a vile violation of personal freedoms. We want to government to recognise our right to protest in public spaces and not put these proposed laws ahead.
The Crime and Sentencing Bill wants to "tackle non-violent protests" that are "disruptive". This bill is unfair as it allows police to determine any peaceful gathering as being disruptive and criminalize non-offending protesters. Preventing peaceful protest and allowing police to determine any protest as disruptive will only lead to violent protests and unnecessary police violence. Please recognize the people's right to a peaceful protest in order to keep everyone safe.
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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 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
Do not pass the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/579242
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