This is an open statement written by a coalition of UK organisations, groups & social movements of all ethnic backgrounds, gender identities, sexualities, faiths, abilities, ages and social standings, who have united to challenge the UK government. We are extremely troubled and disturbed by the newly proposed Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill in its current form. The deliberately vague language used would enable the police to act unilaterally with near unlimited discretion.

This appears to be a blatant attempt to create an authoritarian police state, where the voices of ordinary people, particularly those most marginalised and disadvantaged, are silenced by state sanctioned penalties. We collectively decry this move by the UK government and demand that MPs Kill The Bill.

The rights to peacefully assemble and protest are a fundamental part of any democracy, empowering people to have their voices heard, in addition to holding the Government to account. This is also in direct contrast to the assurances the UK government gave that it will uphold the European Convention on Human Rights, as well as breaking with the UN Covenant on Human Rights. 

Unless Her Majesty’s Government changes its current course of action, we cannot foresee that the mounting public unrest from all sides will cease, nor that it should. Such is the nature of democracy. 

We would like to remind the Home Secretary and the Government that they serve by democratic mandate that is handed to them by the will of the people. 

We the signees, and millions across the country, will continue to unite and fight to protect the fundamental human rights that every single one of us is entitled to.

#KillTheBill
#UniteForHumanRights
#SaveOurDemocracies
#ProtectOurRightToProtest

Signatories:

1. Black Music Movement
2. Black Lives Matter Leeds
3. Merseyside BLM Alliance
4. Labour Party LGBTQ+ Network
5. United for Black lives
6. Justice 4 Minorities
7. Brighton BLM
8. Northern Police Monitoring Project (NPMP)
9. Extinction Rebellion UK
10. The Roundhouse, London
11. Fridays For Future Europe
12. Reclaim the Night Leeds
13. All Black Lives UK
14. Leeds Tidal
15. RAAH CIC
16. Extinction Rebellion Youth UK
17. Reclaim These Streets Portsmouth
18. Justice for Black Lives
19. Manchester March
20. The Outside Project
21. Nigerians United in the Diaspora
22. Nigerian Angel
23. Brixton’s Baddest Skate Shop
24. BLM London
25. Angel of Youths
26. Reclaim These Streets York
27. XR Justice Steering Group
28. My Queer Culture
29. XR Southsea – Website, xrsouthsea@protonmail.com
30. CEE Bill Alliance Portsmouth
31. XR Brighton 
32. XR Brighton UNI’S
33. XR Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
34. MLC Britain — Instagram, Twitter, E-mail
35. XR Portsmouth 
36. XR Educators
37. XR Scientists
38. XR Waveney East
39. YCL Britain — Instagram, Twitter, Website
40. Cops Off Campus
41. XR Haringey
42. XR Barnet 
43. XR York
44. XR Warrington
45. Anti-Oppression Circle
46. Royal Holloway Left Forum
47. Royal Holloway LGBT+ Society Committee
48. Royal Holloway Labour Society
49. XR/HS2 Support Network
50. Lambeth and Southwark Antifascist League 
51. Haringey antifascists
52. IN.Society- instagram 
53. XR Croydon
54. XR Unify
55. XRUPT – Extinction Rebellion Underground Partisan Tendency
56. The Voice of Colour
57. XR Lambeth
58. Anti-harassment Club Brighton 
59. BLM Leamington 
60. XR kensington and chelsea
61. XR London Nonviolence and Deescalation Circle 
62. BLM Portsmouth
63. Stand Up to Racism Portsmouth
64. Project E
65. Amazon Rebellion
66. Brazil Matters
67. Harrow and Kenton Antifascist & Anti-Racist Association
68. Real RCG
69. Imperial College Left Forum
70. HS2 Health MDT – providing voluntary healthcare to HS2 protest camps. 
71. 9K4what
72. 9k4
73. Whatyork
74. York student solidarity network
75. Pen ting poetry
76. Minority Protection Initiative
77. 9k4what_newcastle 
78. 9k4what_northumbria
79. 9k4whatstirling 
80. 9k4what_uclan 
81. BLM for Stoke
82. BLM Warrington
83. XR Northampton
84. XR Kettering
85. XR Digital Rebellion
86. XR Oxford
87. XR Oxford Family Group
88. XR Oxford EDI WG
89. Oxford Unity
90. Haringey Antifascists
91. Real RCG
92. Runnymede Antifascists
93. Reclaim The Night Leeds rtnleeds@gmail.com 
94. The 4th Demand Network
95. Papua Militant International 
96. Animal Rebellion West London
97. XR Cymru
98. XR Cardiff
99. XR Youth (Internationalist) Solidarity

Extinction Rebellion UK and local groups have also signed the open letter from Friends of the Earth, signed by more than 150 organisations.