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Brassic FM: How 90s rave crackdowns foreshadowed attacks on our right to protest
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Brassic FM: How 90s rave crackdowns foreshadowed attacks on our right to protest

Brassic FM draws a direct line from the 90s crackdown on illegal raves to last year's Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act.
Too much power has been grabbed by the bad guys
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Too much power has been grabbed by the bad guys

Not a single arrest made during Extinction Rebellion's four-day 'The Big One' protest
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Protest

Not a single arrest made during Extinction Rebellion's four-day 'The Big One' protest

New laws could make it easier to arrest journalists. Here’s why that matters
Press freedom

New laws could make it easier to arrest journalists. Here’s why that matters

What will 2023 hold for climate activists? The trial of seven 'suffragettes' may offer clues
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What will 2023 hold for climate activists? The trial of seven 'suffragettes' may offer clues

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Exclusive: Controversial new laws forced through to restrict noisy protests haven't been used by police
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Exclusive: Controversial new laws forced through to restrict noisy protests haven't been used by police

The 'paramilitary' tactics used by police to suppress protest
An arrest during the Poll Tax Riots / protest in London, 31 March 1990. Photo by: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
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The 'paramilitary' tactics used by police to suppress protest

Steve Bray facing prosecution under new protest laws as Met officers flex powers on anti-Brexit activist  
Police speak to Steve Bray before seizing his amplifiers outside Parliament
Right to protest

Steve Bray facing prosecution under new protest laws as Met officers flex powers on anti-Brexit activist