Strike down the 'Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts' Act 2021

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

The bill should not be passed by Parliament. Instead, we demand a 'Charter for Freedom of Assembly Rights' be applied to the National Police Chiefs' Council. The charter forces greater accountability, including an end to civil disobedience as an excuse for protest shut down.

The act grants authority to break up protests that are 'seriously disruptive', but does not clearly define what this means. All protests are disruptive, that is part of their function, so all are vulnerable, compromising freedom of assembly. The charter ensures public protection from abuse of power on the part of individual police, and institutional barriers such as surveillance. A 38 degrees petition striking down the bill and supporting the charter has over 50,000 signatures.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Do not pass the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Do not pass the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

Do not restrict our rights to peaceful protest: Do not restrict our rights to peaceful protest.

Remove single person protest clauses in Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill: Remove single person protest clauses in Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill

Timeline

14 Mar 2021	Petition opened for signatures
19 Mar 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 19 Mar 2021

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