Rejected petition Protect Freedom to Protest - no anti-protest bill.

The anti-protest bill would be a massive violation of basic human rights. The right to protest, basic freedom of speech, freedom to dissent would be at threat. Without this, the public lack a fundamental element of holding the government and its decision accountable, expressing their opinion.

More details

Protest occurs when all other means of accountability and questioning fail; when institutions fail the public in such a way that protest is requires. It has been utilised in ways which have allowed for the society we live in today. It allows for the progression of society when the decisions of government or institutions fail or threaten us. It is a very, very basic human right and should not be restricted.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/579242

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 15 March 2021
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.