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This report reviews broad trends internationally, drawing on illustrative examples from Latin America and Eastern Europe
This review looks at government responses to violent protests in a selection of countries in the Middle East and North Africa
The Unruly Politics of Provisions in Egypt, Myanmar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Zimbabwe, 2007–201
Paper by the Security and Policing sub-group of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) / Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours (SPI-B).
Heads of Missions in Kenya have issued a joint statement following public demonstrations last week.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is backing the police to clamp down on highly disruptive and dangerous protests, under plans announced today.
An amendment to the PCSC Bill would give the police the power to stop and search people to seize items intended to cause serious disruption by ‘locking-on’.
Interim injunction won by National Highways to deter demonstrations on the M25.
The Home Secretary brings back measures to tackle highly disruptive protests that are causing misery for millions.
National Highways secures a further interim injunction to deter demonstrations on the A20 and main roads linked to the Port of Dover.
The measures include a new offence of interfering with the operation of key infrastructure – including motorways, railways, and airports.
Following the protests in Nigeria against police brutality and the allegations of the deaths of protesters, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has made the below statement.
The Attorney General has decided to refer questions of law to the Court of Appeal concerning the proper scope of defences to criminal charges arising from protests.
Injunction bans activities that obstruct traffic and access to motorways and major A Roads in and around London.
Key operators in the oil sector have secured civil injunctions to deter protests at their sites.
The Home Secretary has renewed plans to protect the public from highly disruptive protest tactics such as slow walking
The UK government has issued a statement on the protests in Kazakhstan.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has summoned Iran’s Chargé d’Affaires in the UK over the Iranian authorities' worsening crackdown on protests.
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