Arrestee and Legal Support

Legal guidance - going on a protest

Note: Information contained on these pages applies to England and Wales only. Scottish activists ...

Know Your Rights

Where possible our Legal Support team will deliver a Know Your Rights training either in person o...

Five key messages

No action/protest is ever 100% risk free. So even if you have no intention of being arrested, its...

Witnessing an arrest

Anyone engaging in Non-Violent Direct Action or other forms of protest can be arrested. It is all...

Witnessing a stop and search

When attending a protest it is important to be prepared to witness, or even be subject to, a stop...

Bustcards - what they are and what they provide

Bustcards are printed cards that provide key information in the event of an arrest at a protest. ...

Civil law - injunctions

Some actions may carry the additional risk of breaching an injunction. For information on injunct...

Considering an Arrest

There is no such thing as an 'unarrestable offence'. This is something we should all know when pa...

Post arrest support

Arrest welfare

Arrest Welfare Team: Contact: XR-ArrestWelfare@protonmail.com We will do our best to support you ...

Support through the Court Process

Important Note: This information applies to activists being tried in English and Welsh courts onl...

Planning an action?

The majority of the things you need to think about are in the Action Planning book, elsewhere on ...

How to request a Legal Observer for a protest

Legal observers have a vital role to play in supporting the right to protest. But what exactly do...

Back Office support for an action

Back Office consists of a group of trained volunteers. The main functions of Back Office during ...

Volunteering with Arrestee and Legal Support

For opportunities other than those described below, see the Volunteer website

Back Office

Without a Back Office we wouldn’t know who’d been arrested and therefore which police station the...

Police Station Supporters (PSS)

Role of Police Station Supporters (PSSs) Greet and emotionally support arrestees as they leave t...

Court supporters

This page is about supporting at plea hearings and at magistrates court trials. It describes the...