The New Dark Age

The government have quietly dropped their defence of some of the recent anti-protest legislation, opening the door for activists to have their convictions overturned.

Human Rights organisation Liberty had challenged the legislation, which allowed police to intervene in protests which caused “more than minor” disruption and arrest those taking part, in court when it was first introduced through the 2023 Public Order Act.

However, many activists had already been successfully prosecuted under the new legislation. This will particularly affect any groups who had conditions imposed by police on their demonstration, and were then arrested for breach of those conditions.

The Crown Prosecution Service has written to defendants prosecuted for sec 12 and 14 offences, but anyone who thinks they may have been affected should contact the law firm who initially represented them to enquire about their case and cc the Activist Court Aid Brigade (ACAB) on courtsupport@protonmail.com for support.

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