Independent Police Complaints Authority’s Proposals For New Protest Laws Are Dangerous – Poneke Anti-fascist Coalition

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Independent Police Complaints Authority’s Proposals For New Protest Laws Are Dangerous – Poneke Anti-fascist Coalition

The Independent Police Complaints Authority’s (IPCA) recommendations to create new laws targeting protestors will be a dangerous restriction of the right to protest, says Pōneke Anti-fascist Coalition. Protest is a fundamental right protected by international conventions and our own Bill of Rights. Any role for policing protests in advance of them happening will be a limit on rights. This is unacceptable and unnecessary in a free and democratic …