Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Why you should be worried
Unless all the bad news over the past year has merged into one vague living nightmare, you will be aware that the government has proposed a new clampdown on the right to protest. These changes come in the form of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.
#KillTheBill: UK Anti-protest Bill is the ‘most significant threat to our freedom of speech in decades’, say lawyers
The UK’s police, crime, sentencing and courts bill has passed its first vote in the House of Commons, bringing us closer to a series of legislative changes that could see sentences of up to ten years handed out simply for causing ‘serious’ inconvenience and annoyance. The possible implications for animal rights activists and campaigners are grave - this is what you can do today to #KillTheBill.