CAMPAIGNERS have called on Cumbria police to review fines issued for breaking coronavirus laws, claiming they are discriminatory. Human rights groups Liberty and Big Brother Watch have written legal letters to the chief constables of 10 police forces in England and Wales which they claim have the 'worst record of discrimination' under lockdown powers, calling for fines to be reviewed to ensure they comply with equality laws. The organisations have contacted the following police forces: Dyfed-Powys; Cumbria; Derbyshire; Lincolnshire; Suffolk; West Mercia; North Yorkshire; North Wales; Lancashire, and Sussex. In the latest wave of the campaign calling for a review of fines, the human rights groups are now also calling on forces who have issued £10,000 fines to look at these again. A spokesman for Cumbria Police said that the force has not issued any fixed penalty notices of £10k for breaches of the current regulations relating to organised gatherings of over 30 people. The £10,000 levies were suspended last Friday when police chiefs flagged the potential disparity in punishment between those who accept the fixed penalty notice (FPN) and those who challenged them in court. The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) warned the Home Office that when FPNs go before magistrates they are means-tested, meaning the recipient's ability to pay is taken into account. It means that those who fight the case can potentially pay significantly less than those who accept the FPN and agree to hand over the full amount within 28 days. Grey Collier, advocacy director at Liberty, said: "This pandemic has been extremely hard for all of us, but for some there's been the added threat of being criminalised and slapped with severe financial penalties, some of which have been given unlawfully. "The Government and police must learn from the mistakes of the first lockdown. If they don't, whatever goodwill remains will be diminished. "The starting point must be on reviewing the fines already issued." A spokesman for the National Police Chiefs’ Council said:“The rules to prevent the spread of Coronavirus are there to protect us all. The very small minority who make decisions which put lives at risk and refuse to engage with police can expect to have enforcement action taken against them. “People found to be in breach of the regulations relating to organising gatherings of over 30 people will be made fully aware of their options when faced with a £10k fixed penalty notice. Everyone given a fine can contest this at court.”