Locked up: protesters in prison
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Earlier this year, openDemocracy explored how successive governments had cracked down on protest rights. Now, with Just Stop Oil activists facing lengthy sentences for "conspiring" to commit protest offences, the impact of these laws is being felt more than ever. We sat down with human rights lawyer Katy Watts to discuss the sentencing, and how she and the NGO Liberty won a legal challenge against the government's new protest laws. https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/ — https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/newsletters/ In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics.Support the show by visiting openDemocracy.net/donate. Credits: Presented by Sian Norris Edited and produced by James Battershill, Ayodeji Rotinwa & Carla Abreu Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela 00:00 Introduction 01:16 Long sentences for protestors 03:21 Protestors new-found reluctance 05:41 Broadening definitions of what is criminal 08:30 A framework for authoritarians 09:50 What inspired the clamp down on protest? 12:10 Holding the government to account in court 16:04 Labour defending Conservative policies 18:28 What happens to those arrested unlawfully? 19:35 Neutering protests 21:12 These protest laws target everyone 24:56 Concerns about Labour's approach to protest 27:37 What does solidarity mean to you?
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- 0:00 Introduction
- 1:16 Long sentences for protestors
- 3:21 Protestors new-found reluctance
- 5:41 Broadening definitions of what is criminal
- 8:30 A framework for authoritarians
- 9:50 What inspired the clamp down on protest?
- 12:10 Holding the government to account in court
- 16:04 Labour defending Conservative policies
- 18:28 What happens to those arrested unlawfully?
- 19:35 Neutering protests
- 21:12 These protest laws target everyone
- 24:56 Concerns about Labour's approach to protest
- 27:37 What does solidarity mean to you?
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