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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Matthew Weaver

Home Office to continue appeal over protests law, says human rights group

Yvette Cooper
The Home Office, now overseen by Yvette Cooper, paused its plans to appeal against the ruling in July. Photograph: Richard Saker/The Guardian

The Home Office has decided to continue its appeal against a high court ruling over a law that has seen hundreds of people criminalised for peaceful protests, a human rights group has claimed.

Liberty accused the government on Wednesday of showing a “disregard for the rule of law” with its decision.

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