New powers for police after hundreds arrested at Palestine Action rally

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, announced new police powers to restrict repeated protests, citing "considerable fear" within the Jewish community. This announcement followed the arrest of 492 people at a Palestine Action demonstration in London, which went ahead despite calls for its cancellation after a terror attack in Manchester. The new measures will amend the Public Order Act 1986 to allow police to consider the cumulative impact of frequent protests and will include a review of powers to ban protests outright. Politicians and police chiefs had urged protesters to respect the grief of British Jews following the Manchester synagogue attack, which killed two people. Amnesty International criticised the arrests at the London protest, stating that detaining people "peacefully sitting down" breaches the UK's human rights obligations. In fullPolice to get new powers in crackdown on repeat protests after hundreds arrested at Palestine Action rallyThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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