Protesters rally against ‘draconian’ police bill across the UK
He said: “If the right to protest is restricted, if you have to seek police permission to do anything, well, where does that lead to?
He added: “This sense of disempowerment is designed to have a depressive effect, particularly on young people”.Hundreds of clinical psychiatrists and psychologists have also expressed their concerns about the bill‘s impact on young people’s mental health, writing in an open letter that curtailing their right to non-violent protest “will further erode young people’s trust in politicians, and their belief that their voices are heard, respected and matter”.
It would expand police stop-and-search powers, and new laws against residing on land without authorisation with a vehicle would effectively criminalise the way of life of gypsy, Roma and traveller communities.
Tied to a fellow protester, she added: “So we won’t, for instance, be able to be together like this holding hands, or or even tying ourselves together.
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