In this chapter, you will learn what protections the law gives you as an activist. We discuss the legal right to protest. We also talk about how this right is protected in practice, by looking at common police practices.
Local contexts
The right to protest is different in every country. We have written guides that describe all these different local contexts:
๐ International
๐ฆ๐บ Australia
๐ฌ๐ท Greece
๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands (written in Dutch)
๐ท๐บ Russia (written in Russian & English)
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Schotland
๐ท๐ธ Serbia
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa
๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom
๐บ๐ธ United States (written in English and Spanish)
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt ( written in Arabic)
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Legal support roles
โค๏ธ Arrestee support team
๐ก Legal back office (no guide yet)
๐ Legal observer (no guide yet)
Ende Gelรคnde: The activists split into four groups approaching the mine from different sides. To get to the mine, they had to cross a motorway and flow through various police lines - By Tim Wagner (Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))
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right to protest | 4.3K | Medium |
illegal protest examples | 280 | Medium |
when does protesting become illegal | 390 | High |
law on protesting | 160 | High |
is it illegal to protest in the street | 200 | High |
laws against protesting | 160 | High |
why is the right to protest important | 510 | High |
can you protest on private property | 220 | High |
police liaison | 540 | high |
netpol | 4.9K | medium |
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Attribution
Parts of this chapter are an adaptation of the Wikipedia article on the rights to protest.