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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Flora Thompson

Calls for Government to rethink Public Order Bill after journalist arrests

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Campaigners have called on the Government to rethink its plans to change protest laws after journalists covering Just Stop Oil demonstrations were arrested.

Civil liberties groups including Liberty, Big Brother Watch, Amnesty International UK and the National Union of Journalists wrote to Home Secretary Suella Braverman to express concern about the incidents and urged her to “pause and rethink” the Public Order Bill, which is currently going through Parliament.

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