Vigil for Rémi Fraisse - protester killed by police
Friday 31st October, 5:30pm - 7:00pm, French Embassy 58 Knightsbridge, SW1X 7JT
On 26 October, the French police killed Rémi Fraisse, 21.… Read More
Month: October 2014
Parliament Square protest law is too restrictive and needs urgent review
Protesters in Parliament Square during the Occupy Democracy campaign. Photograph: Steve Parkins/Demotix/Corbis
Defend the Right to Protest Letter in The Guardian today
The appalling treatment of protesters occupying Parliament Square last week (Occupy protesters forced to hand over pizza boxes and tarpaulin, 24 October, theguardian.com) calls for an urgent review of current legislation governing protest there.… Read More
DtRtP October Newsletter
Check out our October Defend the Right to Protest Newsletter with updates on our 2014 Conference plus reports and news on #OccupyDemocracy, UFFC march, Legal Aid, Human Rights Act, #copsoffcampus and Moazzam Begg
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19th Annual UFFC March: Report
The 16th Annual United Families and Friends Campaign memorial march saw a noticeably larger crowd than last year attend the commemorative procession down from Trafalgar Square to outside 10 Downing Street.… Read More
“The legal case is finished but there is no closure for me” – female activist deceived by #spycop
Lambert disappeared without a trace having been withdrawn from his deployment, when their son was two years old
By Jag Bahra DtRtP
Last night saw the unexpected announcement that one of the victims in the ongoing #spycops litigation had accepted an out of court settlement from the Metropolitan Police for just over £400,000. … Read More
Kettles, confiscation and cordons but #OccupyDemocracy protests continue
“How can a pizza box be deemed a piece of sleeping equipment? This is the increasingly surreal manner in which the Metropolitan Police has interpreted the new laws introduced since the rise of the Occupy movement in 2011” writes John Sinah who has been taking part in the on-going occupation of Parliament Square following attempts by police to break it up on Sunday.… Read More
We Do not Consent: CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
The programme for our national conference is out now!
It takes place Sunday 16th November, 11am til late @ SOAS Students Union
Space is limited so make sure to book your place and look out for further announcements!… Read More
Keep up the fight for legal aid! DtRtP submission to latest consultation
Following the ruling last month that the governments consultation process for cuts to criminal legal aid were “so unfair as to amount to illegality”, the MOJ launched a new consultation.… Read More
*NEW BRIEFING - Threats to Freedom of Assembly and Association
To coincide with a two day workshop hosted by the UN Special Rappoteur, Maina Kiai in Kenya on litigating people’s rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association between 16-17 October, DtRTP has produced a Draft Briefing collating evidence and testimonies on continuing threats to protest in Britain. … Read More
Focus E15 Mothers win against council attempts to forcibly evict them
By Matt Bolton
A group of East London mothers left Bow County Court in triumph yesterday after Newham Council dropped their attempts to have them forcibly evicted from council houses that had been left empty for more than six years.… Read More