Thousands join 'kill the bill' UK protests
Ahmed Kaballo
Press TV, London
Every year on the 1st of May, protesters fill the streets of cities around the world, marching on what's known as May Day, or International Labor Day.
Demonstrations usually consist of various groups supporting a wide variety of causes. Yet this year in the UK activist joined more than 40 protests throughout the country, centered around one thing, opposition to the controversial police crime, sentencing and courts bill with the main focus of dissent coming from London.
The new legislation, pending in Parliament, could allow police to impose “conditions” on protests including start and finish times and the imposition of noise limits. The bill would also allow the police to prematurely end a protest if it caused “serious annoyance” to the surrounding community, organizations and businesses, which demonstrators argue is the whole point of protests.
Thousands upon thousands have turned up here to defend the right to protest, something that Brits up and down the country feel is under threat.
More than 600 civil society and protest groups have called for the government to drop the legislation and the mobilization of protesters on the street has already forced the planned passage through parliament to be delayed.
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