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UK: Police 'used sexualised violence against fracking protesters'

01 March 2016

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"Police at the Barton Moss anti-fracking camp near Manchester used “sexualised violence” to target female protesters, it is alleged.

Protesters told academics from York and Liverpool John Moores universities that officers groped and pressed their groins up against women as they cleared demonstrations against test drilling at the site.

They are now calling for a public inquiry to investigate the relationship between police and the fracking firm IGas, the proportionality of police tactics and the use of bail to restrict the right to protest."

See the article: Police 'used sexualised violence against fracking protesters' (The Guardian, link)

The report: Keep moving! Report on the policing of the Barton Moss community protection camp, November 2013-April 2014 (pdf) and a summary: New report recommends public inquiry into policing of Barton Moss protest (Netpol, link)

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