For forty protestors in prison (nearly half on remand & therefore still formal innocent of any crime), this is very much not the season of goodwill....
The UK (as we know) leads the democratic world in locking up protestors; its not a good indicator of how we value democracy....
Protest is a vital part of democracy, cracking down on it in such a forceful manner tells us much about what the Govt. really thinks about dissent...
#democracy #protest #RuleOfLaw
theguardian.com/world/2024/dec…
Record number of protesters will be in UK prisons this Christmas
Forty people, aged 22 to 58, incarcerated for direct actions on climate and Gaza actions amid crackdown on dissentMatthew Taylor (The Guardian)
