UK Court Rules Anti-Protest Measures Unlawful

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image People march for the "Not My Bill protest" to demonstrate against the government's anti-protest laws, anti-strike laws, anti-traveler laws and the illegal migration bill, London, United Kingdom, May 27, 2023. © 2023 Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images In a rare piece of good news for human rights and democracy in the United Kingdom, last week the High Court ruled that anti-protest measures introduced by the government earlier this year are unlawful. The case was brought by Liberty, a UK-based civil liberties organization, who hailed the decision as a “victory…

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