We call on the Government to repeal the recent amendment to the Public Order Act 2023 which, in our view, could effectively ban peaceful protests at animal-testing facilities.

We believe such protests shouldn’t be a crime when they pose no threat or intimidation, and we consider animal testing is an area of open ethical debate & the ability to protest against it should be protected. Regardless of your stance on animal testing, it should be the right of every citizen to stand up and peacefully express their ethical concerns in an organised fashion, including for animal rights at an animal-testing facility. We believe suppressing peaceful dissent does not protect science or public safety: it erodes our fundamental democratic freedom, and the list of "banned protests" will only grow longer. In our view a peaceful protester is not a criminal for trying to protect puppies.