Petition · past parliament
Overturn the authoritarian crackdown on protests.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
The draconian policing bill which would highly restrict the democratic right to protest, should not be made law. These are not the actions of the government of a democratic, developed country. This is tyrannical.
Restrictions on protests in the controversial new policing bill breach human rights laws and will increase the risk of peaceful demonstrators in the UK being criminalised and punished with up to ten years in prison, merely for causing "annoyance". This is an authoritarian move on the government's part. As Sarah Jones said, this bill threatens the balance between the police and the people. Protests are noisy, and sometimes annoying, but they are as fundamental to democracy as parliament.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 7 Jul 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 12 Jul 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
12 Jul 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.