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New government urged to scrap anti-protest laws to restore freedom of expression
Demonstrators during a 'Kill The Bill' protest against The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill in London, January 15, 2022

LABOUR was urged today to scrap Tory anti-protest laws and reject harmful rhetoric used to stigmatise peaceful demonstrations.

Peace, pro-Palestine, environmental and civil liberties groups called on ministers to champion the rights to free speech by repealing the draconian legislation aimed at silencing dissent.

Amnesty International led the calls as it published a new report warning of an increasingly wide range of means to quash peaceful demonstrations and silence free speech across Europe. 

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