Evidence on the relationship between protest activity and targeted violence outside of the protest arena is limited.
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The court found Palestine Action’s activities had not yet reached the level, scale and persistence that would justify proscription.
Since entering office, the Labour government has further tightened restrictions on the right to protest.
The decision to proscribe has arguably affected the free speech rights of the group and its supporters.
Being identified was once only a possibility, now it is a near certainty.
The police presence needed to ensure free expression costs taxpayers money.
An expert on protest law explains what the arrests of anti-monarchy activists tell us.
A legal expert explains how climate activists could use the government’s own legislation to their advantage.
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Professor of UK Human Rights Law, University of East Anglia
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Professor of Law, Director of the Centre for Climate and Justice, University of Reading
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Professor of Criminology and Head of Department for Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Southampton
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Senior Lecturer in International Human Rights Law at Queen Mary University of London, Queen Mary University of London
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Associate Professor in Politics, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor, Durham Law School
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Professor of Law and Humanities, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor of Political Sociology, Coventry University