Julia Conley is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
Coming weeks after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak claimed the United Kingdom is in danger of 'mob rule... replacing democratic rule,' a new definition of 'extremism' published by the government on Thursday was viewed by one rights advocate as a 'smash and grab' on the right to protest, among other freedoms. The Conservative government updated the definition of the word under its anti-extremism agenda, known as Prevent.
rights campaigner Peter Tatchell noted that 'British values' in the past have included 'slavery, colonialism, homophobic discrimination, and the denial of votes to women and working-class people.''Broadening the definition of extremism risks criminalizing peaceful protests by legitimate groups,' he told The Guardian.
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