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UK: Police concede allegations over attempts to turn activists into informers are “serious” - An investigation has been launched into claims that activists felt intimidated by police who wanted them to spy on other campaigners

10 October 2014

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"Police are investigating complaints from four campaigners who say they felt intimidated by covert officers who tried to recruit them as informants. The four campaigners have alleged that coercive and at times repeated approaches from the police caused them to give up their political campaigning, or left them stressed and paranoid.

They have also said that the covert operation to spy erodes free speech and the freedom to protest. Among the proposed targets of the surveillance were students at Cambridge University, Unite Against Fascism, environmentalists and anti-cuts campaigners UK Uncut and Cambridge Defend Education."

See the article: Police concede allegations over attempts to turn activists into informers are “serious” - An investigation has been launched into claims that activists felt intimidated by police who wanted them to spy on other campaigners (Guardian, link)

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