“MET POLICE FAILED TO FOLLOW INTERNAL GUIDELINES ON POLICING PALESTINE PROTESTS”by Amaar Chowdhury in Declassified UK@Declassified_UK @uk_politics @UKLabour @metpoliceuk “It’s a legal right in the UK to criticise the government’s decision to ban a group and to call for de-proscription. The MPS [Metropolitan Police Service] acknowledged this in its internal guidance from last July, the same document which says that holding a sign calling for de-proscription alone does not suggest membership of a proscribed organisation and that individuals have to actively express support for a proscribed group for this to be an offence.The force has nevertheless repeatedly prevented protesters from exercising these rights, although it’s unclear just how many have been arrested for this”https://www.declassifieduk.org/met-police-failed-to-follow-internal-guidelines-on-policing-palestine-protests/#Press #SocialMedia #UK #MetPolice #Protest #PalestineAction #DeProscription #Guidelines #Arabic #Racism #Islamophobia #Hamas #Hezbollah #TerrorismAct2000 #PalestinianGenocide
