Map making of the area outside Gate 1 of Lakenheath RAF where protesters were arrested for various offences including wilful obstruction of the highway. Quite fun work! Do you know what offences you might commit if standing/protesting in the various areas?

Access to waterways is likely similarly limited as access to the sea. There is no common law right of bathing and therefore dependent on foreshore landowner consent for access (see Blundell v Catterall 1821). 1/4 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Almost 75% of England’s riverbanks ‘off limits’ to public, figures show

Campaigners urge government to introduce right of access to water, particularly as heatwaves become more common

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I wonder what they are being charged with. The article doesn't specify. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Aberdeen University worker charged over Ann Widdecombe death comments

Police Scotland had initially said there was no criminality but have now confirmed a 50-year-old has been arrested and charged.

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A collective UEA #protest effort from @crwerren.bsky.social @storiesfromjack.bsky.social @suzmd.bsky.social & me: our evidence* to the current JCHR Inquiry "Security, safety & protest: the role of Human Rights" has just been made public... committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide... * it's not short

An interesting read. A central issue for me is thaylt there is no clear definition of terrorism itself for ECHR purposes. So states have both wide latitude in how they define it, and then in how they respond to their own definition - justified under the ECHR because it is 'terrorism'. A heady mix.

Verfassungsblog@verfassungsblog.de · 2mo ago

The Court of Appeal upholds the UK's ban on Palestine Action. ALAN GREENE, DANIELLA LOCK & COLIN MURRAY argue that the margin of appreciation granted to the Home Secretary leaves judicial oversight with little more than nominal force. verfassungsblog.de/palestine-ac...

Worth noting the new offence of concealing an identity is a strict liability one. Intention is irrelevant. If someone is wearing or using an item that conceals their identity in a designated area, the offence is made out. Applies to anyone in the area, regardless of whether they are a 'protester'.

Netpol@netpol.org · 3mo ago

Labour has passed its new Crime and Policing Act that includes several new anti-protest powers – and they are alarming. Read our explainer to find out more netpol.org/2026/05/08/e...

New Blog Post on the recently passed Crime and Policing Act. A few thoughts on three of the new protest related provisions - concealing identities, changing who can impose conditions, and climbing on memorials. wildlifeinperil.com/new-protest-...

Turnout at local elections has always been abysmal, but has been decreasing in recent years. Last year was only 34%. If people dont want certain people representing them, they need to actually vote.

Challenge to police LFR policy thrown out by High Court. Seemingly the concerns in Bridges have been addressed. www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/community-sa...

Given proscription is still in significant dispute, notwithstanding that it has not yet been quashed by the courts, are 500 arrests really necessary and proportionate? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

More than 500 arrests at Palestine Action demonstration

Event organisers said it would show the

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Difficult to see how this can amount to conspiracy to cause public nuisance given the target was not the public, and the protesters were not blocking the 'public' part of the road but outside the entrance to the gate. 1/2

Bluesky rarely works when posting links or photos for me. I get 'blob failure' type errors. Yet I see loads being posted by others. It cant be just me?

Been a while since protesters have been arrested for wilful obstruction of the highway. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Two arrested during peace protests outside RAF Lakenheath

More than 100 protesters create a blockade outside RAF Lakenheath during a six-day peace camp.

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Claims the police imposed conditions taking into consideration the 'cumulative impact' of the disruption. The regs that granted that power have since been held unlawful, so why were the conditions considered lawfully imposed? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Prominent UK pro-Palestine activists guilty of breaching protest conditions

Campaigners call verdict on Ben Jamal and Chris Nineham ‘grotesque’ and part of attempt to ‘undermine civil liberties’

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Well that didnt last long. The idea that the police 'must' enforce the law is nonsense. Especially in a human rights framework. They are still open to conclude that arrest would be disproportionate in the circumstances.

I walked through Norwich city centre at the weekend and saw these vans parked in front of the market, in the middle of the street. I found their prescence intrusive and imposing. It changed how I felt walking through that space. But maybe thats just me.

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Activists cleared of “burglary” after rescuing beagle puppies bred for laboratory testing - UK Human Rights Blog

Activists cleared of “burglary” after rescuing beagle puppies bred for laboratory testing: itself a test of the jury system

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The Lords passed Lord Walney's amendment to introduce a new designation - Extreme Criminal Protest Groups. If designated as such, it would become an offence to be a member, to promote them, fundraise, organise events for them, provide training. Though it would not an offence to express support. 1/7

Did I just name a section of my current chapter on highway law 'You Shall Not Pass"? Why yes. Yes I did. It's the little things that get you through the writing 😅

So when people come here via legal routes, they then close those legal routes and wonder why people try to get here via irregular routes... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mahmood to stop study visas from four countries due to 'abuse'

The government will end study visas from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan, due to what she says is abuse.

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Statement from the Met re approach to the policing of PA related action following the High Court judgment.

Decison to proscribe Palestine Action unlawful due to two reasons: 1: The Home Sec had considered 'other factors' that were not consistent with her own policy, which is founded in the basis that not all orgs who meet the criteria for a terrorist org should be proscribed. 1/2

The re-introduction of 'cumulative disruption' into Public Order powers is looming following Braverman's failed attempt, along with a new power to designate officers able to impose conditions. A few thoughts in a new blog post: wildlifeinperil.com/cumulative-d...

So the whole Greenland thing is a distraction from the release of the Epstein files, right? Whenever crap like this is pulled, I always wonder why now? There is usually an obvious reason.

2026 really decided to start like this huh. Cool cool.

If police already have the power to consider cumulative disruption, why re-introduce the concept in the Crime and Policing Bill? Ss 12-14ZA POA 86 have never been judicially interpretted as allowing an officer to consider the actions of past/future protests. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Met using outdated powers to police pro-Palestine protests, say legal experts

Lawyers argue ‘cumulative disruption’ regulations were quashed in May and should therefore not be used

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Im looking for a flat to buy and Ive noticed that a majority of leasehold properties have only 85-100 years left on their lease, built in the 80s - early 00's with 125 yr terms they are now nearing the problem 80 yr boundary. 1/2

Protest regulation effects all protest, including those protests many feel are 'good and proper' ones. You can feel the indignation weeping through the pages, as though they want to cry, 'But we aren't JSO!' www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...

Aslyum reviews every 2.5 years is a sure fire way to increase admin pressure/costs for the Home Office. The result will be shoddy reviews, rushed through, as workers struggle under higher caseloads. With refugees being the ones who pay the price. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...

Home secretary says asylum reforms will 'unite a divided country' as full plans published

Shabana Mahmood also threatens three African countries with visa bans ahead of her address to Parliament this afternoon.

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