Police could be labelling climate activists whose actions ‘threaten businesses’ as potential terrorists, according to secret documents obtained by openDemocracy.
Intelligence on protesters who specifically target large companies is being handed to counter-terror police (CTP) to see if their activity could “indicate a path towards terrorism”.
Public order and protest-related duties were removed from CTP’s remit in April 2020, following reviews of intelligence handling and sharing in the wake of the 2017 terror attacks in London and Manchester.
