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URGENT: @metpoliceuk has issued misleading and chilling statements ahead of today's demonstrations in London, denying our rights to organise and attend protests under current Coronavirus laws.We have sent an urgent letter to the Met with @libertyhq to demand a correction.
This is a misrepresentation of the law that fails to respect both the Coronavirus Regulations and fundamental freedoms of assembly & expression, protected by the Human Rights Act.
Protests organised with a risk assessment + safety measures can be lawful. https://twitter.com/MetPoliceEvents/status/1332350169455742976
Protests organised with a risk assessment + safety measures can be lawful. https://twitter.com/MetPoliceEvents/status/1332350169455742976
By denying that political gatherings can be organised and attended lawfully with safety measures, police are making inevitable protests less safe and more likely to result in prosecutions.
We cannot allow police to trash the rule of law.
We cannot allow police to trash the rule of law.
This goes for @MayorofLondon too. This is seriously misleading as to what the current 'lockdown' law permits and overlooks the many exemptions. Misrepresenting the law serves no one.
Protests with risk assessments and safety measures can be lawful. https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/1332362081652371459?s=20
Protests with risk assessments and safety measures can be lawful. https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/1332362081652371459?s=20
This is not factual. @BBCNews please amend the bottom caption.
Police *claimed* protests are not permitted under current coronavirus regulations in England, but this is not true.
Please see our letter above for legal analysis; lawyers @Jules_Carey @lochlinnparker will confirm.
Police *claimed* protests are not permitted under current coronavirus regulations in England, but this is not true.
Please see our letter above for legal analysis; lawyers @Jules_Carey @lochlinnparker will confirm.
