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11 Dec 2022 Foreign affairs

We owe it to the brave women of Iran to stand up against the regime’s brutality

In 2016, a desperate sounding man called my office asking for help as his wife, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, had been unlawfully detained in Iran while visiting her family.

09 Nov 2022 Home affairs

Home Secretary Urged To Condemn Arrest Of Journalists Covering Just Stop Oil Protests

The Home Office has refused to respond to concerns about press freedoms following the arrest of several journalists covering environmental protests on the M25.

19 Oct 2022 Foreign affairs

Iranian women have long fought for justice – but these protests are a turning point

It’s probably fair to say that we don’t tend to think of women having much political or public influence in Middle Eastern or Islamic countries.

16 Sep 2022 Home affairs

Sadiq Khan Defends Right To Free Speech But Says Some Royal Protest Has Been “Disrespectful”

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has defended people's right to free speech following Royal protests in response to the Queen's death, but suggested that some Republican protesters have not helped their cause.

12 Sep 2022 Political parties

Police Accused Of "Heavy Handed, Punitive" Handling Of Anti-Royal Protests After Queen's Death

Civil liberties groups have expressed concern over the treatment of republican protestors following a number of reports of police intervention into anti-royal demonstrations in the days following the Queen's death.

23 May 2022 Home affairs

The Public Order Bill shows silencing dissent is the government’s number one priority right now

What’s the government’s first bill of the new Parliament? Something to tackle sky-high energy bills? Something to address the climate crisis? Something to address the NHS staffing crisis? Of course not.

17 May 2022 Home affairs

We’re in danger of losing our democracy

Last week, a young woman was arrested at her flat the day after stewarding a peaceful protest against the policies of our government.

17 Feb 2022 Defence

Ukrainians In The UK Say They Are "Scared For Tomorrow" And Demand Tougher Russia Sanctions

The UK government must urgently bring forward tougher economic sanctions on Russia, Ukrainians living in London have said during an emotional demonstration outside Downing Street.

08 Feb 2022 Coronavirus

Anti-Vaccine Groups Celebrated After Protesters Shouting Savile Slur Mobbed Keir Starmer

A number of anti-vaccine groups have praised an incident in which abuse was aimed at Labour leader Keir Starmer by a group of protesters following Boris Johnson's false claims about his involvement with the case surrounding sex offences by Jimmy Savile.

17 Jan 2022 Home affairs

Policing Bill must be amended to protect the right to protest and end slippery slope towards authoritarianism

Before Christmas, under the cover of darkness, men in masks dismantled one of the last remaining monuments reminding a nation of a heinous crime committed by their own government.

10 Jan 2022 Home affairs

The jury had a number of clear routes to acquitting the Colston Four, to cast them as a latter-day Penn and Mead is wrong

People appear to have been variously outraged and delighted by the not guilty verdicts on the demonstrators who admitted pulling down the statue of Sir Edward Colston and rolling it into Bristol Harbour.

12 Nov 2021 Environment

Climate Activists Stage Mass COP26 Walkout Over "Failed" Efforts From World Leaders

Hundreds of climate activists have left the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow over opposition to the latest version of the draft deal released on Friday.

19 Oct 2021 Coronavirus

MP Calls For "Buffer Zones" Around Schools After Anti-Vaccine Groups Targeted Parents And Children

Labour MP Stella Creasy has urged the government to introduce measures restricting demonstrations in the areas surrounding schools after anti-vaccine protestors have escalated activity targeting children and parents.

16 May 2021 Home affairs

'This Is Going To Create More Conflict With The Police, Not Less': What Will The Policing Bill Mean for Protest?

New proposed powers to limit disruptive protests have driven activists back onto the streets. But are the new proposals bringing necessary balance and protection through police powers, or posing a fundamental threat to democracy? Georgina Bailey reports

30 Mar 2021 Home affairs

Met Police Officers "Did Not Act Inappropriately” At Sarah Everard Vigil, Report Finds

A report into policing at a vigil for Sarah Everard, which has been criticised as disproportionate, found officers "did not act inappropriately or in a heavy-handed manner".

15 Mar 2021 Coronavirus

47% Say Cressida Dick Should Not Resign Over Police Handling Of Sarah Everard Vigil

A new poll has found overwhelming support for Cressida Dick to continue as Met police commissioner despite police handling of Saturday's Sarah Everard vigil – double the number of those who said she should resign.

19 Jun 2020 Political parties

Black Lives Matter: Education minister says he would ‘of course’ take the knee after Dominic Raab brands it ‘subjugation’

Education minister Nick Gibb has said he would “of course” take the knee in solidarity with Black Lives Matter protesters amid a political row over the gesture.

15 Jun 2020 Home affairs

Chair calls for large gatherings or protests to be banned

John Apter says officers can no longer be put at risk of contracting virus

08 Jun 2020 Political parties

Priti Patel warns ’hooligans’ who attacked police at Black Lives Matters protests ‘you will face justice’

Home Secretary Priti Patel blasted the “hooliganism” and “thuggery” of those involved in the Black Lives Matter protests who injured police officers.

08 Jun 2020 Coronavirus

Keir Starmer backs police who take the knee during Black Lives Matters protests

Sir Keir Starmer has backed police officers who choose to take the knee during Black Lives Matter protests.

07 Jun 2020 Home affairs

Boris Johnson claims Black Lives Matters protests ‘subverted by thuggery’ as Tories hit out at removal of slave trader statue

The Black Lives Matters protests have been “subverted by thuggery”, Boris Johnson has claimed, amid a row over the removal of a controversial statue of a slave trader in Bristol.