G20 protests: ‘It was a proper siege and a breach of basic human rights’
This is a guest post by Cecilia Anesi At 9am on Wednesday, 1 April three friends and I, all freelance photographers, were already walking around the City of London ready to document the protests at the...
View ArticleIan Tomlinson and policing protest
While Ian Tomlinson, who died of a heart attack last week during London’s G20 protests, was not actually involved in the protests, this video still raises questions about how the police handle...
View ArticlePolicing protest – 2
The arrests of 114 climate protesters, coupled with ongoing revelations about police conduct at the G20 protests in London seem to point to a trend in police attitudes to protest and direct action. The...
View ArticleTo hell with good intentions
So who exactly is in charge here? Reading the report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) into the policing of protest (a follow up to an earlier report), you sometimes wonder. Recently the...
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