LONDON: Police in the UK will receive new powers to crack down on protests.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is set to reassess all existing anti-protest laws, including giving police the ability to relocate regular demonstrations and ban protests outright based on the “cumulative impact” of “repeated disorder” at marches and rallies.
It comes after around 500 people were arrested in central London for taking part in a demonstration in support of banned group Palestine Action.
Mahmood told Sky News that she believes there is “a gap in the law” that requires immediate correction.
“What I will be making explicit is that cumulative disruption, that is to say the frequency of particular protests in particular places, is in and of itself a reason for the police to be able to restrict and place conditions,” she said.
