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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Caroline Davies

Met police ‘using human rights laws to block trooping the colour protest’

Two police officers surround a protester
An anti-monarchy protester being arrested in central London on 6 May 2023 during King Charles III’s coronation. Photograph: Labour for a Republic/PA

The anti-monarchy campaign group Republic has accused the Metropolitan police of seeking to use human rights legislation to block protests at this weekend’s trooping the colour.

In a move it described as “Kafkaesque”, Republic claimed the force has written to it citing the European convention on human rights (ECHR), saying it was using ”the very law designed to protect the right to protest as justification for closing down protest”.

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