Hi John,

The government is attacking democracy.

Their new anti-protest laws resulted in the heavy handed policing of the Coronation the other weekend. Protestors were arrested for simply carrying placards and people who weren’t even protesting ended up being detained in the chaos too. [1]

If we want to avoid a repeat of these ugly scenes, we have to repeal these new anti-protest laws now. Please can you take action by signing our urgent petition calling on the government to scrap these new authoritarian powers immediately?

Sign the petition: [link removed]

The government’s new Public Order Act 2023 allows the police to shut down protests before they even happen. To detain people for having things that could be used to lock themselves onto objects or people - which led to protestors being detained for having luggage straps during the coronation! And it also massively expands stop and search and arrest powers, which further harms overpoliced communities and people of colour. [2]

These new powers attack everyone’s freedom of expression and stop us from being able to take peaceful action to protect our planet. [3] Our democratic rights have been hard won, but right now are being easily lost - so we have to get the Public Order Act scrapped before it's too late.

This may seem like a challenge, but history proves that people power can achieve change. Over the years we’ve come together to ban whaling, stop fracking and block Shell from drilling in the Arctic. [4] We’ve done all this and more, because we’ve taken peaceful action to challenge those who seek to harm our planet and millions of people like you have supported us by signing our huge petitions.

To repeal the Public Order Act, we’re going to have to challenge the laws directly and we’re going to need more people than ever before to support our demands. We’ll be taking peaceful action against the government in the weeks and months ahead - so please can you take a stand with us by signing our petition calling on the government to scrap the new anti-protest laws?

Sign the petition: [link removed]

Our country was built on protest and many of the things we take for granted today like votes for women, the weekend and a free press are the result of generation after generation protesting to demand change. Protest is one of our best tools to create a better world, so we can’t sit back and let the government take it from us.

History proves that people power can and does work, so together we can get these anti-protest laws scrapped.Please take the first step in demanding change by signing our petition: [link removed] - together we are stronger, so every signature counts.

Thanks for taking action,

Aiyan Maharasingam
Greenpeace UK

NOTES:
[1] Police accused of ‘alarming’ attack on protest rights after anti-monarchist leader arrested: [link removed]
[2] Public Order Act: New Protest Offences & ‘Serious Disruption: [link removed]
[3] The Public Order Bill: Explained: [link removed]
[4] Victory! Greenpeace reaction to Police and Crime Bill vote: [link removed]



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