3PB reviews citizens rights to protest during the pandemic
5th June 2020
This last week has seen large-scale Black Lives Matters protests across the UK’s main cities. 3PB pupil barrister Mariya Peykova has reviewed the rights during this Covid-19 pandemic for citizens to participate in a protest, the police arrest and stop-and search powers, the scale of fines and penalties and what people should be doing if you are arrested and taken to a police station.
Mariya’s article is available to read in full here.
To contact Mariya or to instruct her, please email her clerk Tom Cox on [email protected].
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