UK Police Bans Pro-Palestine March From Gathering Outside BBC Headquarters

London's Met Police block Palestine march after chief rabbi and MPs intervene

The route through the British capital was approved in November but the police have reversed their decision after pressure

UK Police Bans Pro-Palestine March From Gathering Outside BBC Headquarters

UK police has banned a pro-Palestinian march from gathering outside the BBC’s headquarters in London, The Guardian newspaper reports. A gathering in central London was planned for this weekend, intended to begin outside the BBC’s Broadcasting House before marching south towards Whitehall. The Guardian reports that, Thursday evening, police confirmed they had imposed the Public Order Act to prevent the rally, saying it risked “serious disruptio…

London police under fire for banning pro-Palestine march outside BBC

The UK’s pro-Palestinian groups condemn London’s MET police for banning a Palestine march.

150 MPs and public figures slam the Met over pro-Palestine BBC march restriction

Cross-party MPs and peers, trade union general secretaries, cultural figures and celebrities, writers, journalists, health workers and civil society organisations and activists have condemned police attempts to stop an agreed Protest for Palestine taking place at the BBC on Saturday 18 January. Met Police slammed over pro-Palestine march restrictions In a statement issued today (10 January) by the six organisations behind the national Palestine …

Mark Rylance joins criticism of police ban on pro-Palestine march in London

Read More   Protesters planned to gather outside BBC HQ, which is near a synagogue, on the Jewish holy day Mark Rylance, the star of the BBC’s Wolf Hall, has joined the singer Charlotte Church and actor Juliet Stevenson to condemn a decision by the police to ban a pro-Palestine protest outside the corporation’s Broadcasting House…

Middle East Eye: British MPs and cultural figures criticise London Police decision to block Palestine protest marching from BBC - Brave New Europe

Signatories of the open letter criticising the London Metropolitan Police’s decision include Jeremy Corbyn and Maxine Peake Read HERE The post Middle East Eye: British MPs and cultural figures criticise London Police decision to block Palestine protest marching from BBC appeared first on Brave New Europe.