In this handbook, campaigning lawyer Christian Weaver brings together everything you need to know when taking a stand. Whether you are marching on the streets or making your voice heard from your own front room, organising in your workplace or writing a letter to your MP, this essential guide equips you with your fundamental rights and the laws that protect you – as well as the ones you might plan to break.
From organising a demonstration to attending one to navigating the potential after-effects, this book has your back. In it, you’ll find up-to-date information on a whole range of topics, including:
– Public assembly and who to notify when you’re on the move
– Striking in the workplace and action your employer can take against you
– Direct action and when it crosses over into trespass
– Stop and search and how to access help if you are arrested
– Online activism and what to do if you accidentally libel someone
For activists new and old alike, Your Right to Protest is the indispensable guide to using your voice for what you believe in.
Over de auteur
Christian Weaver is an award-winning human rights barrister, social justice campaigner and author of The Law in 60 Seconds: A Pocket Guide to Your Rights. He has represented families in some of the country’s most high-profile inquests, including that of Awaab Ishak, a toddler who tragically died in social housing due to prolonged exposure to mould. The case led to the creation of ‘Awaab’s Law’ which directly benefits over 4 million social housing tenants. In 2023 Christian was named Legal Aid Newcomer of the Year; he was listed in The Lawyer Hot 100 2024 and has been featured on nearly all UK major news platforms including BBC News, the Guardian and Radio 4. Concerned about the increasing number of people he knew being stopped and searched, in 2018 he created the You Tube series ‘The Law in 60 Seconds’ to inform people of their rights and make the law accessible; those videos have now been viewed thousands of times. Christian has worked at INQUEST and Liberty; currently he is instructed as a barrister on the Covid-19 Public Inquiry. Alongside this, he is touring the UK educating the public on their legal rights. He is from Nottingham and based in Manchester.Meer e-boeken van dezelfde auteur (s) / Editor
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