Ever-changing Covid rules on protest set up conflict with the police

Posted by on March 30, 2021 1:40 pm
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Analysis: public disorder could have been avoided with more clarity about the legality of protests in the UK

Ambiguous, confusing and a mess is how the current coronavirus regulations dealing with protest have been described by MPs and peers tasked with scrutinising the government’s record on human rights. And it is the backdrop to the police versus protesters debate that should not be ignored.

In fact, the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR), a cross-party group, concluded that protest has never has been completely illegal during the pandemic, even under lockdown.

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