Concerns Over Protests Amid Lockdown

Jane Werrell
By Jane Werrell
March 17, 2021NTD UK News
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Members of Parliament and human rights lawyers raise concerns that lockdown laws are curtailing the right to protest, following controversy over the way police have managed recent protests amid the lockdown.

The Home Secretary responds that pandemic restrictions should continue to be followed. She’s said that the freedom to protest is the cornerstone of our democracy, but large gatherings are not allowed during the pandemic.