Index on Censorship » police reform and social responsibility bill http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » police reform and social responsibility bill http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org UK: Police move in on Parliament Square protesters http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/01/uk-police-move-in-on-parliament-square-protesters/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/01/uk-police-move-in-on-parliament-square-protesters/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:40:14 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=32059 Police began to clear tents from London’s Parliament Square yesterday, after a new bill allowing for their removal went into effect this year. Metropolitan Police arrived at the camp at around 7.30pm on 16 December, and began to move on those campaigning on issues such as the war in Afghanistan. The police reform and social responsibility [...]

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]]> clear tents from London’s Parliament Square yesterday, after a new bill allowing for their removal went into effect this year. Metropolitan Police arrived at the camp at around 7.30pm on 16 December, and began to move on those campaigning on issues such as the war in Afghanistan. The police reform and social responsibility bill, outlaws the setting up in Parliament Square of “any tent, or any other structure that is designed, or adapted … for the purpose of facilitating sleeping or staying in.” Protesters set up camp in “Democracy Square” in May 2010.

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