UK promises further restrictions to clamp down on pro-Palestine protests

The UK government has promised new legislation to crack down on repeated demonstrations in a new move targeting pro-Palestine protesters.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood made the announcement on Saturday in the wake of the arrest of hundreds of demonstrators in London who had gathered to protest the proscription of Palestine Action.

Speaking to Sky News, Mahmood said the police would be given the ability to require protesters to change location if the demonstrators were responsible for "repeated disorder".

“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.

She stressed that the new legislation would not be "a ban".

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