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Met Police bans Palestine march outside BBC HQ
People take part in a Palestine Solidarity Campaign rally on Whitehall in central London, September 11, 2024

PALESTINE campaigners have condemned the Met Police’s decision to ban a planned protest outside the BBC’s headquarters in London.

A national march for Palestine was due to take place from Portland Place on January 18.

But the coalition of organisers behind the march, which includes Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Stop the War Coalition, said that police informed them that they have U-turned on the previously agreed route.

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