Monitored by Special Branch
A government counter-terror document lists the Hunt Saboteurs Association as domestic extremists. We have witnessed first hand how this policy has been played out by Leicestershire Police. Around 2013/2014 we became aware that our group was being monitored by Special Branch and this was later confirmed when an officer within Special Branch admitted this was the case and that hunt saboteur groups were high on their agenda.
We strongly suspect that our phones were bugged by Special Branch during this period and the following two examples should highlight why we believe this.