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Right to protest comes under fresh attack as Tories unveil new measures and fines
Police during an Extinction Rebellion demonstration blocking Vauxhall Bridge in central London, April 10, 2022
THE right to protest came under fresh attack today as the Tory government unveiled new measures directed at demonstrators.
Rattled by the repeated huge solidarity marches with Palestine in recent months, ministers presented amendments to criminal justice legislation designed to make protesting harder.
Among the acts now to be criminalised are wearing masks at a demonstration, climbing on war memorials or the use of flares or fireworks.
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