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Protesting , legal information.; just a reminder after todays events.
Topic Started: Feb 21 2010, 12:55 AM (186 Views)
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Despite what the police and politicians think, and despite the passing of reactionary laws such as the Criminal Justice Act and the Terrorism Act, our right to protest remains. Indeed, the Human Rights Act, which incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law, strengthens this.

What follows is some advice, mostly from questions we have been asked in the past. It was updated in April 2002. It applies in England and Wales, but not necessarily in Scotland or Northern Ireland.

see the full info here Protest info
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There's some useful Section 60 (and other) stuff on the lefty libcom site: http://libcom.org/organise/section-60-advice-guide

They're good for something! :)
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Thats a fantastic link cheers
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Another link for those interested: 'The Right to a Peaceful Protest'

http://www.inbrief.co.uk/peaceful-protest.htm
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Cheers lads, stickied

cumbria, if you can edit your post with any other links you feel are relevant, that would be great mate.
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Feb 24 2010, 01:18 PM
Another link for those interested: 'The Right to a Peaceful Protest'

http://www.inbrief.co.uk/peaceful-protest.htm
Interesting link. I'm not sure if the Public Order Act (on static demo's) currently applies in Scotland, but I'll try and find out.
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Feb 24 2010, 01:40 PM
rudyard
Feb 24 2010, 01:18 PM
Another link for those interested: 'The Right to a Peaceful Protest'

http://www.inbrief.co.uk/peaceful-protest.htm
Interesting link. I'm not sure if the Public Order Act (on static demo's) currently applies in Scotland, but I'll try and find out.
I'ts a UK Parliament Act so it must cover Scotland as well, although I can't find out if it's been amended up there.

Reading your link, I can't see how the Scottish static demo/assembly would have broken the law.
Edited by lankyboy, Feb 24 2010, 02:50 PM.
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Taken from the UK Parliament website:

COMMON LAW

43. Under the common law, the police have a power of arrest for breach of the peace.

In Laporte, the House of Lords considered the decision of the police to prevent a coach load of peace protestors from travelling to a protest at RAF Fairford and forcibly return them to London. The police sought to justify the legality of their decisions as actions reasonably taken to prevent a reasonably anticipated breach of the peace. The House of Lords concluded that the police's action in preventing the protestors from travelling to the demonstration and forcing them to leave the area was an interference by a public authority with the exercise of the protestors' rights under Articles 10 and 11 ECHR which was not prescribed by law, as the police did not believe that a breach of the peace was imminent.[54]


I think that the keyword here is 'imminent'.
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From the horses mouth: 'Right to protest'

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/Yourrightsandresponsibilities/DG_176761
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