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More powers for policing protests considered by government
Changes are being "seriously" considered, as Home Secretary Suella Braverman's position is under continued pressure.
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Rishi Sunak condemns violence on day of protests in London
Counter-protesters made up the "vast majority" of arrests as 300,000 marched calling for a Gaza ceasefire.
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PM didn't clear Braverman's attack on police over protests
The home secretary has been condemned for accusing police of applying "double standards" to protests.
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Yvette Cooper on Suella Braverman’s ceasefire protests comments
Labour's shadow home secretary said Suella Braverman was attacking the police "when she should be backing them".Yvette Cooper said the home secretary’ [...]
Republicans Use Anti-Israel Protests to Slam ‘Woke Agenda’ at Elite Colleges
As the Mideast war escalates, the party’s politicians and activists are casting antisemitic incidents and progressive protests as part of a larger cul [...]
Gaza/Israel protests: Met Commissioner calls for clarity
Sir Mark Rowley says his officers are limited by legal definitions of extremism.
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RFK Jr: Bitcoin ‘Currency of Freedom’; Canadian Government Morphed Into ‘Monster’ During Trucker Protests
The Democratic presidential candidate made the comments during a Twitter Spaces conversation with prominent Bitcoiners on Wednesday.
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Protests: Police powers to tackle tactics come into effect
Transport network disruption and tunnelling targeted under measures for police in England and Wales.
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Police to be given clearer powers on slow-walk protests
The Lords votes through the new regulations, despite an attempt to block them by opposition peers.
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SNP challenges PM on police powers over protests
Following the arrests of republicans on Coronation day, Stephen Flynn asked Rishi Sunak if people could only protest on his terms.The SNP Westminster [...]
Coronation protests: MPs to consider inquiry over policing
The arrests of six anti-monarchy protesters will be discussed at a committee on Wednesday.
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Coronation protests allowed, security minister Tom Tugendhat says
Campaign groups have received letters reminding them about penalties under new protest laws.
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Amnesty nixes AI-generated images of Colombian protests after criticism
Human rights advocacy group Amnesty International has retracted artificial intelligence (AI) generated images it used in a campaign to publicize polic [...]
New police powers to tackle slow-walking protests
Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion have used the tactic to bring traffic to a standstill.
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Trump Prepares to Surrender in New York as Police Brace for Protests
The former president is expected to answer charges with the Secret Service in tow before a judge in the often grimy and ill-lit criminal courthouse in [...]