Insulate Britain activists hauled into a police station for holding posters near Inner London Crown Court have said tough new anti-protest laws will not stop people fighting back.
Home secretary Suella Braverman unilaterally pushed through new protest restrictions last week that had already been voted down in Parliament. The legislation will give police unprecedented power to shut down any protest causing “more than minor” disruption.
Sally Davidson, an Insulate Britain supporter who was arrested earlier this year on suspicion of perverting the course of justice, told openDemocracy the new police powers are “astonishing”. A trio of Davidson, Cathy Eastburn and Oliver Rock had sought to remind jurors about their right to acquit climate protesters “based on their conscience”.
