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Protest laws move UK towards paramilitary policing, says former chief
The Guardian newspaper reports today that “A former police chief has warned that new protest laws move Britain dangerously in the direction of “paramilitary policing” and that UK ministers are “flexing their muscles via their police forces” like repressive regimes around the world.” (The Guardian, 2021) For further details see: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/28/protest-laws-move-uk-towards-paramilitary-policing-says-former-chief
Saving books amid the Syrian civil war
In Syria, an activist group have been saving and safeguarding books amid the civil war, running the danger of preserving censored literature and factual books: ‘In a town under siege from Assad’s regime, a small group of revolutionaries found a new mission: to build a library from books rescued from the rubble. For those stranded…
Threat to freedom of protest under threat in UK
The ‘Police, crime, sentencing and courts bill’ 2021, is currently being passed through UK parliament, granting greater powers of enforcement and threatening to severely limit freedom to protest in the UK, see: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/16/bill-that-curtails-ability-to-protest-in-uk-passes-its-second-reading
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