Alec Jeffreys, the inventor of DNA fingerprinting, is among 33 scientists who signed a letter in The Times yesterday (subs. required) protesting the announced closure of the United Kingdom's Forensic Science Service (FSS).
In contrast to the NYPD, the MPD body camera policy mandates filming First Amendment events, and its First Amendment Assembly policy requires protest footage be kept for three years, much longer than the 90 days required for other body camera footage.
[The suit was filed on Monday.] He and others oppose the statutes that impose security deposits on even small picket lines, limit rallies to two and a half hours and require protest organizers to sign documents giving up the right to sue the authorities should they be injured by the police.
That will require protests, uprisings and campaigns in both countries until more courageous leadership emerges.
The controversial provision, which also required protest organizers to provide police with a detailed itinerary, was put in place in the summer of 2012 in the midst of explosive student protests against tuition fee hikes.
Such detentions are not unusual in today's Russia, where the law considers as a protester any person carrying a placard and requires that protests involving more than one person be cleared with the authorities in advance.
In this way, protesting requires a sort of faith in the democratic process, a faith that the powers that be will hear your grievances and take action from the top down.
You should also know, before we begin this review of a modern artist's programme about the history and effectiveness of public protest, that I feel protest requires a basic belief in the goodness of people and the capacity for change and progress.
There is a lesson to be learned from the Candelight protests: Sustaining effective large-scale protests requires a clear symbol ― in this case, President Park ― and a clear goal.
Alaa Abd El Fattah, a well-known activist who had developed the Mada website and was a close friend of Lina's, was arrested in late November 2013 on the charge of breaking a new law that required all protests to get prior approval from the security services.
