Akiko Hart
@AkikoMHart
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Director of @libertyhq | Professor in Practice @DurhamIMH | Trustee @ProBonoEcon | Views all mine | she/her
London, UK
Joined November 2016
In 1934, @libertyhq was founded to defend our right to protest. And here we are again, 89 years later. What the Home Secretary is planning to do undermines our right to protest, and the way she is doing it is unlawful. https://t.co/FAbiYHQyDi
theguardian.com
The home secretary is trying to ram through legislation against ‘disruptive’ protests that was rejected by parliament. So we’ve filed a case against her, says Akiko Hart, interim director of Liberty
💬"This all matters because accountability matters We must make sure that this power-grab doesn't go ahead, and Gov isn't able to weaken our rights by bypassing our long-established democratic procedures" ✍️@AkikoMHart on legal action to #DefendDemocracy
https://t.co/BgnelkOIMn
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🚨BREAKING🚨 WE’VE WON OUR CASE TO #DefendDemocracy The Court of Appeal has ruled that anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are unlawful
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🚨BREAKING: Investigatory Powers Tribunal will hear Liberty’s and @privacyint's case against UK Gov’s attempts to secretly force Apple to give it access to people’s iCloud data This case is vital to protect BILLIONS of people’s privacy
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BREAKING Liberty, @privacyint, @benwizner & Gus Hosein are challenging the Gov’s SECRET data access order to Apple The Gov wants to create a back door to users’ private iCloud data. This could put BILLIONS of people's personal data at risk of hacking and access by foreign Gov’s
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🚨BREAKING @LInvestigates @skynews At least 28 universities investigated as many as 113 students & staff over pro-Palestine protest activity Unis shared students' data & images with police This is a SHOCKING crackdown on students' right to protest:
NEW Today we publish our latest investigation with @SkyNews revealing the extent of disciplinary actions universities have taken over pro-Palestine protests - and the level of collaboration between unis, the police and even private intelligence firms🧵1/
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This is a real demonstration of the human impact of an ever-increasing hostile space for protest in the UK. Gaie should not have to return to prison due to failures of the justice system. We stand in full solidarity. https://t.co/WcRXylwqkV
theguardian.com
Gaie Delap was sent to prison in August for her part in disruptive protests on M25 in November
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This is a CONCERNING use of facial recognition tech. "The police need to answer as to why they are still holding this highly personal data more than 10 years after the courts said this is against the law." - @cwhelton Parliament MUST act to regulate the use of this technology.
🚨NEWS: Police are UNLAWFULLY retaining images of innocent people & using them for facial recognition searches “Police and the Home Office have no idea how many people’s photographs they hold unlawfully, and more than a DECADE after the high court demanded these be deleted, look
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🚨 THIS WEEK, we're back in Court to #DefendDemocracy Here's everything that's happened so far in our fight against Government anti-protest powers. WATCH AND SHARE 👇
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“It’s possible to be supportive in principle of assisted dying, as @libertyhq is, and also hold serious reservations about the contents of the Assisted Dying Bill and the way it is moving through Parliament”, writes @AkikoMHart
https://t.co/BoeIK2Nem8
politics.co.uk
As MPs prepare for the debate on assisted dying, many will be feeling the weight of their decision. Assisted dying is one of the most fundamental human rights issues. It’s about how we live, how we...
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"When rights-limiting legislation is justified based on the popularity of said cause, this should be treated with deep scepticism." ✍️ @AkikoMHart of @libertyhq on why Labour should uphold protestors’ rights: https://t.co/f3Dl1OgNnM
labourlist.org
Both the Prime Minister and the Chancellor used this year’s party conference to quip that theirs is not a party of protest. But with demonstrators…
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“I have no doubt that when we fail, @AmnestyUK, @hrw and @libertyhq will scream at us - and good”. @attorneygeneral promising a change in how this Government will work with human rights groups.
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"The Home Office’s decision to continue the case shows disregard for the rule of law and completely goes against previous statements from the government just last month that they would not abuse the use of secondary legislation." - @AkikoMHart
https://t.co/qbqZl9yd4H
independent.co.uk
The protest laws were found to be unlawful in May but the government has appealed the decision
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"The idea that there is 'two-tier policing' is complete nonsense"
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Our latest @LInvestigates report w @MetroUK has uncovered new evidence of universities monitoring Gaza protesters and offering to share intel with police. One student was visited at home by police days after the force contacted her university over a tweet shared from a rally.⤵️
REVEALED Some universities have been accused of “collaborating with the police to target, surveil and potentially criminalise their own students”. Our report w @MetroUK uncovers evidence of staff monitoring Gaza protesters and offering intel to officers. https://t.co/BcVYjlrxsW
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The Guardian view on peaceful protests: the high court has preserved a fundamental right | Editorial
theguardian.com
Editorial: Ministers should think again after judges ruled the authoritarian move to constrain demonstrations was unlawful
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"The government cannot step outside the law to do whatever it wants. This should not be a controversial statement, but in recent years it has become increasingly important to remind the current UK government of this fact." @AkikoMHart @guardianopinion
https://t.co/X3cY3hioZU
theguardian.com
Ministers are intent on restricting protest and will flout the law to do it, says Akiko Hart, director of Liberty
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WE’VE WON our case against Government anti-protest laws that completely ignored the will of Parliament. WATCH & SHARE ⬇️ #DefendDemocracy
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BREAKING We said we would #DefendDemocracy... AND WE'VE WON our case against Government anti-protest laws that completely ignored the will of Parliament
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We won #DefendDemocracy
BREAKING We said we would #DefendDemocracy... AND WE'VE WON our case against Government anti-protest laws that completely ignored the will of Parliament
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