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UK police crackdown on protesters
Updated On: 12 November, 2023 08:17 AM IST | London | Agencies
It follows UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman criticising the police force for “playing favourites” by not taking tougher action against protesters who resorted to aggression.
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The UK has been witnessing large-scale protests over the war. Pic/AFP
The Metropolitan Police have mounted a major policing operation for London on Saturday as the UK observed a two-minute silence to mark Armistice Day commemorating the country’s World War martyrs, with thousands of demonstrators planning to march through the streets of the city to protest against the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Following days of controversy over the pro-Palestinian protests not being banned on what is known as Remembrance weekend in the UK, the Metropolitan Police said it had doubled the number of officers on duty to around 2,000 and warned that any disruption whatsoever to remembrance events would be dealt with “robustly”. It follows UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman criticising the police force for “playing favourites” by not taking tougher action against protesters who resorted to aggression.
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