Police

Outrage as police silence peaceful climate protest instead of focussing resources on protecting communities from violent racist attacks.

Extinction Rebellion member Sarah was found guilty following the "uprising" in London last summer. Here, we publish her statement to the court.

A document by counter-terror police has listed XR and animal rights activism as extremist ideologies who could enlist vulnerable people.

The Crown Prosecution Service said 105 cases were being discontinued against Extinction Rebellion supporters.

To ‘protest’ is not just to challenge power, but also ‘to make a pledge, a solemn declaration’ and to drive change.

Dr Gail Bradbrook climbs entrance to the Department for Transport in Westminster.

How will the police respond to environmental direct action groups like Extinction Rebellion as climate breakdown reaches critical mass?

Protestor support group Green and Black Cross has publicly criticised Extinction Rebellion's record on safety, security and policing.

Police forces are currently evicting hundreds of forest protectors from the Hambacher Forest occupation in the German Rhineland in preparation for lignite coal mining. It is one of the largest policing operations in the history of the German state. ANDREA BROCK reports

Rural policing is overstretched and under-resoursed, and the countryside's wildlife could be suffering as a result. LESLEY DOCKSEY reports

Santiago Maldonado was last seen as he was being forcibly dragged away by military police in Argentina on 1st August. Today marks the two-month anniversary of his disappearance. The police and the security minister, Patricia Bullrich, both deny that they have detained him. ATUS MARIQUEO-RUSSELL and CAROLE CONCHA BELL report

A new report from Global Witness places India fourth in the league table of killings of environmental activists. As part of our collaboration with CLIMATE TRACKER, environmental law researcher MRINALINI SHINDE looks at the human trauma behind the statistics - and calls on India's urban elite to act.

Donnachadh McCarthy, The Ecologist's correspondent at Occupy Democracy was arrested yesterday when police cleared Parliament Square of protesters. The brutal repression of peaceful protest puts Britain in the same moral camp as China, Russia and others whose human rights record we publicly despise, writes Julian Sayarer.

An internal police document has confirmed what many have long suspected: the Police Liaison Officers 'facilitating' protests and demonstrations are not just there to make friends - they play a 'pivotal role' in intelligence gathering.

The Metropolitan Police invited Rebecca Lush Blum - who organised the 'Turn your back on Thatcher' protest in 2013 - to attend a seminar to discuss police liaison with protesters. She refused in this powerful letter ...

Kris O'Donnell, a peaceful cameraman and Legal Observer at Barton Moss anti-frack camp, was attacked by Greater Manchester police yesterday. He is under arrest in hospital with a broken eye socket.

With the recent spate of police aggression, intimidation and infiltration of the environmental movement, the Ecologist asks if these tactics are turning people away from protests?

The undercover policeman's apology does not repair the lives he has wrecked or help the people he has grassed up

The second trial of activists accused of planning to occupy Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station has collapsed after the use of undercover police officer Mark Kennedy was revealed

The video camera is the weapon of choice for activists and campaigners around the world, with campaign films an effective way to get a message across and fight back against mainstream media bias. Here's our guide to taking your stand...

Climate Camp activists are expecting more aggressive police tactics this summer