Talking to the Cops – A Guide for Protest Groups
Acknowledging a renewed debate about the merits and risks for protesters negotiating or communicating with the police, one of the co-founders of environmental group Extinction Rebellion claimed in February that concerns raised by other campaigners were “a proxy for...Your Rights During Police Trials of Facial Recognition Technology
PHOTO: Big Brother Watch At the end of January, the Metropolitan Police held the latest trials of facial recognition technology that is intended to pick out suspects from crowds, using cameras that scan faces to see whether they match images on a database of targets....It’s Time to Close Down the Police’s “Domestic Extremism” Databases
Drawing by John Catt, 2011 A European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgment in January, in a case brought by veteran peace campaigner John Catt, is extremely significant for the future of protest surveillance. For seven years John has argued that the decision by the...Netpol calls on opposition parties to embrace policies in 2019 protecting the right to participate in protests
There is much speculation whether the chaos in Westminster could eventually lead to a snap general election. Governments come and go, but it seems the constant battle to protect the right to freedom of assembly remains unabated. Eight years ago the Coalition...Anti-fracking campaigners launch new network to coordinate complaints about police misconduct
PHOTO: Netpol Ongoing evidence of confrontational and often violent and dangerous conduct by police officers at the shale gas fracking site at Preston New Road in Lancashire has sparked a coordinated effort to encourage campaigners to formally complain about their...CALL OUT: Netpol Seeks Additional Steering Group Members
Netpol is looking for additional members to join its Steering Group. Netpol (the Network for Police Monitoring) is a collective of experienced activists, campaigners, lawyers and researchers challenging disproportionate or excessive public order policing at protests...Researcher required: Community Toolkit for Monitoring the Police
Researcher required by Netpol to develop a Community Toolkit for Monitoring the Police The position is commissioned as a short-term project on a consultancy basis for the equivalent of around 125 hours of work (with completion no later than Thursday 28 February 2019)...A War on Dissent?
This essay by Netpol was first published by the Transnational Institute and ROAR Magazine in October 2018. An accompanying short film is available here. Writing in 2016, Netpol observed that the government and the police in Britain are in a “permanent state of war”...“Aaron-gate” – Prevent’s latest smearing of legitimate political dissent
A report on tackling ‘hateful extremism’ commissioned in the aftermath of the Manchester Arena attack has been caught up in a barrage of criticism entirely of its authors’ own making, after smearing anti-fracking campaigners and then admitting it...