Protest 2025 (Credit: Defend our Juries)
Tuesday November 3rd 7pm - 8.30pm
St Luke's Church, Fernhead Road, W9 3 EH ( Near Queens Park Station)
Our Right to Protest. Do we still have it?
From Kensal to Kilburn Better 2026
It's now
common for peaceful protestors to be jailed. Is protest becoming criminalised?
How worried should we be?
With a stellar panel, this event will consider what is happening in relation to the State and protests, what the future may hold, and what it all means for justice and democracy.
Laura O'Brien is Head of Protest and Public Law Team at Hodge Jones & Allen and one of the most respected lawyers in the field of protest law.
Paul Stephens was thirty years in the Met before he retired and joined Extinction Rebellion. He has worked as protest liaison on many occasions between protestors and the police.
Paddy Friend is a spokesperson for Defend our Juries and co-wrote Britain's Political Prisoners' Report. He is writing his PhD on the British criminal courtroom as a site of resistance
Peaceful protest is a fundamental pillar of a healthy society and a functioning democracy. But in 2026, following successive Tory and Labour legislation aimed at curbing protests, thousands have been arrested and scores of protestors are serving lengthy prison sentences. In the future, perhaps under a Reform government, the tactics used now against pro-Palestinian and climate protest could be applied more widely. The issue may affect us all.
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