LONDON: Britain unlawfully gave police wider powers to impose conditions on peaceful protests which cause “more than minor” disruption to the public, lawyers for a civil rights organisation told a London court on Wednesday.
Human rights group Liberty is taking on the government over changes to public order laws made last year, which it says gave the police almost unlimited powers to shut down protests.
The case at London’s High Court comes amid a wider crackdown on protest movements in Britain and across Europe, as environmental activists have used direct action protests to demand urgent government action against climate change.