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Blanket Ban on All Protests In Five London Boroughs for 30 Days: A Catastrophic Repression Of Free-Speech and Freedom to Protest (via The Global Awakening)

Blanket Ban on All Protests In Five London Boroughs for 30 Days: A Catastrophic Repression Of Free-Speech and Freedom to Protest Defend the Right to Protest Statement on the Proposed Ban on Marches UPDATE 1: The proposed ban was approved by Home Secretary Theresa May on Friday evening (details here). UPDATE 2 (27/08/11): PCS and Unison have agreed to back the counter-demonstration against the EDL, despite the ban. On the August 25th, the Metropolitan Police put in an application to the Home office to ban marches in five London boroughs for a period of thirty days, effectiv … Read More

via The Global Awakening