The UK’s official human rights commission, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), sent a letter on Friday expressing concern about the “reports of police engagement” that involved “[h]eavy-handed policing” at pro-Palestine protests.

The EHRC’s letter was addressed to the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, and the chief of the metropolitan police, Sir Mark Rowley. In the letter, Chairwoman of the EHRC Baroness Kishwer Falkner, emphasized the role of fundamental rights such as expression and assembly in a democratic society, urging that “disproportionate police attention” at peaceful protests “undermines confidence in our human rights protections.”

Specifically, the letter links to an article by The Guardian covering the Kent police’s decision to charge pro-Palestine protestor La

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