Stop the new policing bill on protests

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

Protests are part of our human right and democracy. Giving police more powers to tackle peaceful protests is only going to cause more harm than good. In most cases police tackling protests have caused much more violence and disruption than when people have been allowed to peacefully protest

The government need to see our right to protest and use our voices to ask for change. Trying to take away our right to protest is silencing us from expressing our opinions on important issues that we deserve to share. Instead the government should put in measures so the police can work with protests to make them as safe as possible while allowing them to go ahead.

Why it was rejected

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

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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

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

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 17

Status Rejected

Rejected 19 Mar 2021

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