Implementation of new laws to limit protests in England

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, publication ” “Focus” wrote in an article: New laws will be implemented in the United Kingdom to curb protests, according to the “disruptive” government, and could limit the freedom of demonstrations.

English newspaper Independent In a report, he wrote that new public order powers aimed at preventing so-called “disruptive” demonstrations were implemented in the UK from Friday. “Serious Disruption Prevention Orders” should prevent people from repeatedly causing serious disruption to protests and are part of the Public Order Act 2023, which was passed last year.

The violation of such an order is a criminal offense, the punishment of which will be imprisonment for a maximum of six months or an unlimited fine.

These orders can be used for those who have committed “protest-related” offenses at least twice, such as so-called “lockdowns” (for example, human chains or sticking to the ground) or people who have violated the conditions.

The UK Home Office stated that these measures are to ensure that people can exercise their democratic right to protest, while at the same time people can go about their daily lives safely and without serious disruption.

For the government, when protests disrupt daily life, construction or maintenance work, the delivery of sensitive products delays, or disrupts access to essential goods and services in a minor way, public order is seriously endangered.

Organization Liberty Human Rights considers this law an attack on the right to protest.

The Independent quoted Judy Beck, policy and campaign officer at Liberty, as saying: “This The measures are a shameless attempt to prevent people from hearing their voices on issues that are important to them.

He criticized the fact that the British government has repeatedly has presented new laws that limit the right to protest. According to him, the legal situation is now so uncertain and the laws are so vague and unclear that the existing laws In combination with the actions that have been decided now, it can lead to the complete exclusion of people from protesting because of simple actions such as connecting poor people to other demonstrators.

These laws can also prevent people from using the internet to promote protest-related crimes.

However James Cleverley British interior minister emphasized the democratic right of the people to protest and declared that the people have the right to protest democratically and this government will always support it.

However, the last few months have shown that certain people are only looking to create chaos and disrupt people’s daily lives on a large scale.

Worse. The cost of living crisis has raised the voice of the British people with high inflation, and recently there have been widespread protests in this country. and working conditions have been held in different parts of this country.

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