The criminalization of dissenting communities in Brazil

The criminalisation of protest is a growing and worrying trend across the world. While in North America and Western Europe this trend has been researched extensively, the research capacity in England and Wales appears much smaller.

To address this, this seminar and roundtable discussion brought together some of the key UK-based experts on protest, direct action, repression, policing and law. Invited speakers presented work-in-progress reports on public order policing and covert surveillance, trials and sentencing, court decisions and legislative changes.

A few of the contributions have been collected in this report.