European rights body urges UK ministers to review protest laws
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Europe's human rights watchdog has raised concerns about the policing of protests in the UK following arrests over the ban on Palestine Action, and called for broader protest laws to be reviewed. In a letter to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, Council of Europe human rights commissioner Michael O'Flaherty said law changes had allowed authorities to "impose excessive limits on freedom of assembly and expression and risk over-policing".
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