UK court of appeal confirms anti-protest law is unlawful

UK court of appeal confirms anti-protest law is unlawful

The UK Court of Appeal upheld a ruling Friday that found 2023 protest regulations unlawful, marking a critical blow to legislation that civil liberties groups said undermined the right to protest and bypassed the will of Parliament. The case, brought by the National Council for Civil Liberties (Liberty), argued that then Home Secretary Suella Braverman had exceeded her legal authority, acted against Parliament’s express decisions, introduced unj…

We took the UK government to court to defend the right to protest – and won. Here's what it means

Human rights lawyers Liberty have beaten the government in a legal challenge to it's anti-protest laws in the Court of Appeal.