LEGAL ADVICE
It is important to be aware of legal issues surrounding demonstrating and protesting. We get many enquiries from people unsure of where they stand when faced with the law which is why the legal booklet has been produced. This booklet covers everything from do you have to give your details to the police, to face masks to human rights, using video cameras on demos, to suing the police – and hopefully getting some money to plough back into campaigns – as many activists have done over the years! There is also very good legal advice website at www.freebeagles.org which is well worth a visit.If you need to be put in touch with a solicitor just contact us.

Click here to download the latest Legal Advice Booklet as a PDF. This booklet has been reviewed and passed by a barrister.

Your safety and security is paramount to us. So when a computer programme comes along that is free and enables you to scramble your emails so nobody can read them except those you choose you would expect us to tell you about it right? Well here it is and it's called PGP which stands for Pretty Good Privacy.

You can also encrypt desktop files and securely wipe data so that it can never be recovered. Whilst our personal freedom and civil liberties are being eroded PGP gives us a chance to keep some privacy and can be a very effective tool for activists. PGP is used by MI6 and has to date proved to be uncrackable.

You can order PGP on cd from the campaign (stating what operating system you are on ie Windows 98 etc) or it can be downloaded free from www.pgpi.org

We have a web page with full step by step instructions on how to install PGP - click here to view this page. You can download the SHAC pgp key by clicking here