The right to protest is under threat from several different directions

Recent heavy handedness from police and the authorities more generally has seen protest gradually edge onto the wrong side of the law, specifically when it comes to environmental protests, the occupy movement, and recent university campus protests. Lucy Finchett-Maddock attempts to locate a right to protest in the various human rights cases that have created legal precedent, and finds hope in young people’s continued ability to give voice to the desire for a different kinds of social and economic system.