Open petition: Introduce a specific offence banning protests outside people's homes

Created by Peter Birkinshaw
Closes on 14 March 2027

Protests that target homes or take place on residential streets should be made illegal to prevent harm to communities, families and individuals. People have a legal and moral right to live in their homes or other accommodation with privacy, security and dignity, and this should be protected.

We think the country is experiencing increasingly violent and intimidating protests outside the homes of refugees, immigrants, MPs, local authority workers, and other groups, including incidents where houses have been attacked.

Even without direct violence the protests are terrifying for the targeted people and their neighbours. We feel that allowing such protests fails to protect people’s rights under Article 8 of the Human Rights Act.

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