Report Finds Police Worldwide Criminalize Dissent, Assert New Powers in Crackdown on ProtestsIn a major new report, the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations details a global crackdown on peaceful protests through excessive police force and the criminalization of dissent. The report, “Take Back the Streets: Repression and Criminalization of Protest Around the World,” warns of a growing tendency to perceive individuals exercising a fundamental democratic right – the right to protest – as a threat requiring a forceful government response.