UK POLICE EMPOWERED TO BAN PROTESTS- The UK govt says British police will also be empowered to stop repeat protests
The Uk government stated that the British police will be given powers to restrict repeat protests in the same place, after the latest pro-Palestinian demonstration went ahead despite requests to cancel it in the wake of a deadly attack at a synagogue.
The UK Home Secretary Shabanna Mahmood said the new powers will allow senior police officers to consider the cumulative impact of previous protests on a local community.
The Office also stated that Mahmood is due to review the police’s existing powers to ensure they are sufficient and consistently applied, including powers to ban protests outright.
Two people were killed in Manchester on Thursday on Yom Kippur, the holiest day for Jews, and police shot dead the assailant, a British man of Syrian descent who officials said may have been inspired by extremist Islamist ideology.
The police also arrested several people in central London on Saturday, during the latest protest in support of the banned Palestine Action group.
