Letters: Readers respond to David Davis’s article about Slapps – strategic lawsuits against public participation – and their threat to freedom of expression
October 2022
UK police use of live facial recognition unlawful and unethical, report finds
Study says deployment of technology in public by Met and South Wales police failed to meet standards
September 2022
Keir Starmer: people protesting against monarchy should do so 'in the spirit of respect' – video
Labour leader Keir Starmer calls for anti-royalist protesters to express themselves respectfully after controversial arrests near crowds paying their respects to the Queen
July 2022
The Tories are upping their attack on our democracy, under cover of the leadership contest
Gina Miller
‘It felt like history itself’ – 48 protest photographs that changed the world
June 2022
Universities to defy government pressure to ditch race equality group
Raab urged to let parliament scrutinise Human Rights Act replacement
May 2022
‘Criminalising our right to protest’: green groups’ anger over public order bill
Vulnerable, British and black? Now that’s enough to have you face deportation
Afua Hirsch
February 2022
‘Kill the bill’: surge in Bristol riot charges prompts alarm over civil liberties
We cannot take democracy for granted – this government’s failings imperil us all
John Major
January 2022
As the tide of populism recedes, is it taking our civil liberties with it?
Daniel Trilling
If Tory legislation is left unchallenged, it won’t just be the right to protest that ordinary Britons will lose, says author Daniel Trilling
The right to protest must be protected at all costs
Letters: Readers respond to Polly Toynbee’s article about the power of political activism, and the threat of the policing bill to our liberty
The Guardian view on criminalising protest: the Lords must take a stand
Editorial: The attempt to evade parliamentary scrutiny over curbing the right to protest should be resisted
December 2021
The Guardian view on the police bill: a fight for the right to protest
Strange beasts, these ‘libertarians’ who love to curb the freedom of others
Kenan Malik
November 2021
US facial recognition firm faces £17m UK fine for ‘serious breaches’
Clearview AI may have gathered data without people’s knowledge, says Information Commissioner’s Office
October 2021
Civil liberty fears as police consider using drones that film from 1,500ft
Priti Patel to enable police to stop disruptive protesters going to demos
September 2021
Patel faces widening revolt over policing bill’s restrictions on protest
More than 350 groups join peers in challenging home secretary over ‘attack on democratic rights’ as legislation enters Lords
