Submitted by Isabel Emma Knight on Friday 9th February 2024
Published on Wednesday 21st February 2024
Current status: Open
Open until: Wednesday 21st August 2024
Current Signatures: 51
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Relevant Departments
Do not introduce new offences relating to wearing face coverings at protests
The Government has said it will introduce a new offence to empower officers to arrest individuals who disregard orders to remove face coverings, with those who flout the rules facing a month behind bars and a £1,000 fine.
We believe this new offence will hugely impact protest rights for people who wear face coverings for health or religious reasons, and could result in more non-violent protestors being criminalised. Recently, there have already been several new laws imposing protest restrictions. By signing, you can make it clear that you believe 'enough is enough', We will not stand by whilst the Government chips away at our freedoms, freedoms which, once lost, may prove very difficult to regain.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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