Neo
02-08-2024, 05:35 PM
https://images.ctfassets.net/pjshm78m9jt4/11At57RZQoT3NwY1mZKtZO/fef4d602a5933814ad2221e712a607a8/01HEZNH1ZC398V1V0WKXFQTG6V.jpg?fm=jpg&fit=fill&w=400&h=225&q=80People set off fireworks during a pro-Palestinian protest in London, on Saturday
Police in England and Wales will be given powers to arrest protesters who scale national monuments or cover their face in a bid to avoid prosecution as part of new proposals (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-protest-laws-on-face-coverings-and-pyrotechnics#:~:text=Police%20will%20be%20given%20 powers,will%20be%20banned%20at%20protests.).
The measures – which will be added to the Criminal Justice Bill currently being considered by parliament – will also make it illegal to carry flares and other pyrotechnics at protests amid efforts to “crack down on dangerous disorder”, according to the Home Office.
Here are some of the new laws being proposed by the Home Office
https://www.itv.com/news/2024-02-08/what-are-the-new-protest-laws-being-set-by-the-government
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These are common sense new laws that should have been drawn up a decade or more ago. Yet again a weak government acting too late
Police in England and Wales will be given powers to arrest protesters who scale national monuments or cover their face in a bid to avoid prosecution as part of new proposals (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-protest-laws-on-face-coverings-and-pyrotechnics#:~:text=Police%20will%20be%20given%20 powers,will%20be%20banned%20at%20protests.).
The measures – which will be added to the Criminal Justice Bill currently being considered by parliament – will also make it illegal to carry flares and other pyrotechnics at protests amid efforts to “crack down on dangerous disorder”, according to the Home Office.
Here are some of the new laws being proposed by the Home Office
https://www.itv.com/news/2024-02-08/what-are-the-new-protest-laws-being-set-by-the-government
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These are common sense new laws that should have been drawn up a decade or more ago. Yet again a weak government acting too late