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Interview with Donatella della Porta: the growing criminalisation of protest

How and where is criminalisation of protest a growing trend? Who are the actors at play? And what are the dangers signs we should be looking out for?

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Two protesters in Hamburg are aggressively led away by a group of riot police
Two protesters in Hamburg are aggressively led away by a group of riot police

Anti-G20 protesters in Hamburg, Germany, in July 2017. Image: David Young/DPA/PA Images.

This interview is part of Right to Protest, a partnership project with human rights organisations CELS and INCLO, with support from the ACLU, examining the power of protest and its fundamental role in democratic society. 

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