Why protesters are worried about the police and crime bill

Amika George, an activist who founded the #FreePeriods campaign, shares her worries about the police and crime bill. She started her non-profit campaign group in 2017 and two years later got the government to commit to funding period products in every state school and college in England.

The Guardian reporter Damien Gayle explains what is behind the government's police and crime bill and what it could mean for protesting.  On Monday night, the House of Lords voted down proposed changes in the law that would give more powers to police over the way they treat protests. Sections of the bill have been condemned by human rights activists as a ‘vitriolic attack’ on the right to protest, freedoms to show dissatisfaction or to call for change.

This week, activists and protesters across the UK have taken to the streets rallying against a bill that would limit their rights to protest and give tougher sentences to those who break the rules

[Holabeach]

That's absolutely an abuse of authority. Just sickening.

[JamesSmith-neuh]

They only banned protests on highways not protests across the board ffs

[lwzfog]

there’s far more to be ‘really worried’ about .... it’s already happening just over the channel in numerous european countries & other ‘five eyes’ franchises.

[MAGAted]

starmer would rather shat a brick on live tv than tell us what he knew about the saville charges

[phil]

If it wasn't for protests women and working class men would not have had the vote over one hundred years ago.

[tonycollins]

you got to laugh at the irony. totally in favour of hate speech laws but not this, whats the difference

[Budanevey]

You can still protest, you just can't take the mick like before.

[InterdimensionalWiz]

abolishing protest is extreme! we must obay and not complain? that is the end of government.

[KofelinaPL]

there really should be an end to protesting and thuggery

[usa]

Increase our salary 40% to fight super higher high all goods and services!!!

[iamdmc]

omagod
why can't I like disrupt an entire city's economy over a tantrum
totally sus
this is such heteronormative mangenda
etc

[gorgeousgeorge]

You don't agree then prison for you. Britain is slowly becoming Venezuela..

[arandmorgan]

Don't worry, it'll just become non peaceful protest.

[InterdimensionalWiz]

the end of the police, time for resignations.

[a-xl]

you're deluded guardian news. people have said to check you out because you're more redundant than the independent.

[GrandpaVince]

Dont worry protesters grandpa vince is a chief constable grandpa and i will make sure we are fair.