Churches Together England (CTE) has today , in response to a police raid at a Quaker Meeting House on 27 March.
The 缅北强奸鈥檚 ecumenical officer, Lindsey Brown, wrote to Judith Baker, Ecumenical Interfaith Officer for the Quakers, expressing concern and support. This message was passed onto Paul Parker, Recording Clerk for Quakers in Britain.
The right to peaceful protest is enshrined in UK law, despite the introduction of the Police, Crime, Courts and Sentencing Act in 2022, which gave new powers to police to curtail some forms of protest, such as those “intentionally or recklessly causing public nuisance”. CTE is asking for a review to establish if the level of force used by police was appropriate.
Those arrested at the private meeting, six young women of the activist group 鈥淵outh Demand鈥�, were later released without charge.
The Quakers have produced a helpful guide on how to contact your MP to raise any concerns you might have. .
On 3 April hundreds of Quakers, politicians and others stood in silence outside New Scotland Yard for 40 minutes following the police raid, and 25 other silent meetings were held nationwide and online. held by the Quakers.
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