Stop Labelling Campaigners "Domestic Extremists"
“Domestic extremism” is defined so broadly that it encompasses any campaign making use of civil disobedience or direct action. Netpol is campaigning for the police to stop using this highly subjective categorisation of legitimate campaigning and protest activities.
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Netpol condemns calls for expanding surveillance on “far left, anarchist and environmentalist” groups
PHOTO: Julia Hawkins on Flickr The report published today by conservative think-tank Policy Exchange, attacking campaigners from Extinction Rebellion, is a direct call for expanding surveillance on “far left, anarchist and environmentalist extremism”. The report’s...
Kings College head of security who blocked students during Queen’s visit was former Metropolitan Police Chief Superintendent
A London university employed a former senior police officer as its head of security. Now he has left after unlawfully sharing a student protest ‘watch list’ with former colleagues in the Metropolitan Police.
It is time to open up the secret world of “domestic extremist” policing
PHOTO: Netpol Last week, the Guardian's report on compensation paid by the Metropolitan Police for the mass arrests of anti-fascist campaigners in 2013 included confirmation from court documents of the deployment of covert officers at the demonstration in Tower...