https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇧" title="Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches"> #UK: The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill casts #protest as an inconvenience rather than a fundamental right to be protected.

In our analysis w/ @LawOfProtest, we assess the bill’s compliance w/ int& #39; standards.
A thread https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread"> on our analysis. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts"> https://bit.ly/2RYWAT3 ">https://bit.ly/2RYWAT3&q...

2/ The #UK gov& #39;t quotes examples of protests by different #humanrights and #environmental #ClimateAction https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> groups, and also the costs associated with their protests, to justify the new powers and penalties set out in the Bill. #KillTheBill

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚡️" title="Hochspannungszeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Hochspannungszeichen">However, international standards are clear that the right to #peacefulassembly incorporates some degree of disruption.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💷" title="Banknote mit Pfund-Zeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Banknote mit Pfund-Zeichen">They also explicitly reject any attempt to justify the imposition of restrictions on protest on grounds of cost.

4/ The bill also raises other concerns in terms of:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔴" title="Roter Kreis" aria-label="Emoji: Roter Kreis"> the state& #39;s obligation to promote an enabling environment for peaceful assemblies;
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔴" title="Roter Kreis" aria-label="Emoji: Roter Kreis"> additional thresholds for intervention;
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔴" title="Roter Kreis" aria-label="Emoji: Roter Kreis"> regulation for one-person protests;
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔴" title="Roter Kreis" aria-label="Emoji: Roter Kreis"> meaning of ‘serious disruption’;
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔴" title="Roter Kreis" aria-label="Emoji: Roter Kreis"> Increased penalties.

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Overall, if adopted in current form, the Bill will likely violate int& #39;l human rights standards by striking at the essence of the right to #freedomofassembly by:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1"> conferring discretion on the Home Secretary to define ‘disruption’ without Parliamentary oversight;

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="2⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 2" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 2"> introducing vague concepts (e.g., ‘serious unease’) subject to discretionary interpretation by the police;
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="3⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 3" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 3"> increasing the powers of the police to decide on fundamental issues about the exercise of the right;
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="4⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 4" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 4"> disproportionately increasing the penalties for protesters.

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Read our full analysis here on the #UK law for more details :
#protest #KillTheBill #freedomofassembly

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