If you’re taking part in a protest it’s worth knowing your rights. 

Includes advice on what to do if you are approached by the police during a protest.

Bust cards are useful to take with you if you are going on a protest. They give basic legal information on police powers and your rights during protests and contact details for free advice.

‘Kettling’ is when the police contain protesters in one place for a period of time and not allowing them to leave. Includes when can the police kettle you and what rights you have in a kettle.

How to keep yourself safe when protesting or attending a demonstration. Covers planning actions, police power and your rights.

Explains how everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly. This is a right closely linked to the right to freedom of expression. The right applies to protest marches and peaceful demonstrations, press conferences, public and private meetings, counter-demonstrations, ‘sit-ins’, motionless protests etc.

Your rights as a disabled person on a protest. Includes discrimination, assistive equipment, and kettling. Provides printable cards to take with you on a protest. 

What rights do disabled people have to protest? Includes if the police can take equipment at a protest, and what can disabled people do if the police break the law?

Anyone can be stopped and searched by the police. If you are disabled, there are other things which are good to know so you understand your rights. Explains what it means to be vulnerable, what is an appropriate adult and if you can get reasonable adjustments.

Practical things you can do to prepare for attending a protest. Includes how to communicate your needs and what to do if you are kettled.

Stop and account is when the police ask you your name and what you are doing in an area. Information on your rights as a disabled person.

Your rights when talking to the police, including do I have to talk to them, and what happens if I get arrested?