Ellie Chowns: Difference between revisions

Chowns was arrested on 14 October 2019 in [[Trafalgar Square]] defending the rights of [[Extinction Rebellion]] protesters to continue. She was released pending investigation <ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49185007</ref>, and later was one of the claimants to challenge the legality of the Section 14 order under which she was arrested. On 6th6 November 2019 the High Court ruled this blanket use of Section 14 by the Metropolitan Police was unlawful <ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50316561</ref>. Chowns declined to sue the Metropolitan Police for unlawful arrest, but declared the ruling to be a 'victory for the right to peaceful assembly and protest, two cornerstones of our democracy'<ref>https://elliechownsmep.org.uk/news/high-court-rules-against-met-ban-of-protest</ref>.