MPs praise campaigners who received threats and abuse over access court cases
MPs have heard how disabled campaigners were abused and threatened, while one was even reported…
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Your right to peaceful protest is under attack, disabled activists are warned
Disabled activists have been warned that their right to peaceful protest is under attack, as…
Shock and anger at government’s failure to invite DPOs to disability workshop
Campaigners have been left “shocked and appalled” by the government’s decision to hold a workshop…
DPOs call for support in battle to make ministers think again over attack on rights
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) are calling for urgent support to prevent the government “bulldozing” through…
Backlash over ‘disgraceful’ police force that passed video footage to DWP
A Labour police and crime commissioner is facing criticism from within his own party for…
OBE ‘is overdue recognition of importance of inclusive education’
A disabled campaigner says the decision to award him an OBE is an overdue recognition…
Police force admits passing footage of disabled protesters to DWP
A police force has admitted passing video footage and other information about disabled anti-fracking protesters…
Labour and Greens call for inquiry into claims of police abuse of disabled protesters
Two senior political figures have called for an inquiry into claims that police have targeted…
‘Kicked, punched, knocked unconscious, tipped out of wheelchairs’: Campaigners describe repeated police targeting of disabled anti-fracking protesters
Police forces are repeatedly targeting and assaulting disabled people involved in peaceful anti-fracking protests, campaigners…
Police targeting of disabled protesters is ‘an outrage and a scandal… and it’s set to spread’
The targeting by police of disabled people involved in peaceful anti-fracking protests is an “absolute…