The new law means that peaceful protest against animal testing facilities could lead to 12 months’ imprisonment and unlimited fines.

There’s a reason this law change has been labelled “sneaky”. While SIs are routinely used to make technical or administrative ...

Peaceful protest against animal research and breeding facilities risks being criminalised after amendments to the Public Order Act 2023 were passed by a vote in the House of Lords ...

Campaigners are accusing the government of a draconian crackdown by taking away the fundamental right to protest peacefully after it made non-violent demonstrations at animal-testing facilities a ...

Peers voted on Wednesday to pass a Statutory Instrument (SI laid on 27 November 2025) reclassifying “Life Sciences infrastructure” as Key National Infrastructure under the Public Order Act 2023, ...

Campaigners are accusing the government of a draconian crackdown by taking away the fundamental right to protest peacefully after it made non-violent demonstrations at animal-testing facilities a ...

Campaigners are accusing the government of a draconian crackdown by taking away the fundamental right to protest peacefully after it made non-violent demonstrations at animal-testing facilities a ...

Campaigners are accusing the government of a draconian crackdown by taking away the fundamental right to protest peacefully after it made non-violent demonstrations at animal-testing facilities a ...