The Starmer Regime's Protest Laws – An Attack on Democracy
Democracy is endangered by the clampdown on the right to protest engaged in by governments across the world, with the British prominent among them.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is proposing further restrictions, handing police new powers to ban protests they deem repetitive.
Domestic legislation designed to counter ‘terrorism’ or ‘violent extremism’ must not impose any limitations on fundamental rights and freedoms, including the right to freedom of peaceful assembly, that are not strictly necessary for the protection of national security and the rights and freedoms of others.
Michael O’Flaherty, Council of Europe commissioner for human rights, has demanded a review of Britain’s protest laws after the banning of direct action group Palestine Action.
Author's summary: Democracy is under threat by protest laws.