End the London-wide ban on peaceful protest

Sign This Petition

- If you are not already subscribed, would you like to receive email updates from London Green Party and Green Party of England & Wales? * Yes, opt in to email updates No, do not opt in

To help you get the most from your relationship with the Green Party we'd like to keep you up to date with our campaigning, fundraising, and other Party activity by email, and very occasionally by post, phone, SMS, and social media.

Your support means a lot to us and we promise not to share your details with any third parties.

See https://www.greenparty.org.uk/privacy.html for more details.

Flag As Spam

End the London-wide ban on peaceful protest

London Mayor Sadiq Khan

Green Party candidate for London Mayor, Siân Berry is joined by fellow Green Party MEPs and campaigners to demand answers - was a London-wide protest ban ordered by the current Mayor?

The right to protest is a human right. We’re in a Climate Emergency and Extinction Rebellion have been taking to the streets pushing this do-nothing government to take action.

Suddenly the Metropolitan Police have suspended the right to protest. Nowhere in London can Extinction Rebellion lawfully and peacefully campaign.

It’s part of a troubling crackdown on the right to protest. Together with campaigners Green elected representatives have been arrested whilst simply peacefully campaigning.

We’re calling on the current Mayor of London to defend the human rights to freedom of expression and assembly, and for him to demand an end to the London-wide ban.

In a functioning democracy, we must have the right to protest, to campaign and to raise our voices. Sign if you agree.

Sponsored by

London Green Party

To: London Mayor Sadiq Khan
From: [Your Name]

The right to peaceful protest is a fundamental pillar of a liberal democracy.

A Section 14 should not be imposed across the entire capital city; it is completely unjustified. It should only be applied to specific areas, and only then in response to genuine threats to public order. This is not the case here: just the indiscriminate arrest of peaceful protesters.

The imminent threat of the climate crisis and the UK government's continued lack of meaningful action means Extinction Rebellion have legitimate cause to protest. The disruption from these protests, frustrating as it is for ordinary Londoners, is nothing compared to the enormous disruption that unchecked climate change will bring.

This is no time for business as usual. We are facing a climate emergency.

We need you to listen. Please defend the human rights to freedom of expression and assembly, and demand an end to the London-wide ban.

The thousands of Londoners who are protesting about the collapse of our climate, must be allowed to make their case peacefully.