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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jamie Grierson

Open letter to Sunak condemns ‘crackdown’ on right to protest

Pro-Palestine protesters with flags in Westminster, London
Pro-Palestine protesters demonstrate last week in Westminster, London. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Nearly 50 organisations have joined forces to condemn what they call a “crackdown” on the right to protest by the UK government.

In response to Rishi Sunak’s recent remarks on extremism and “mob rule” linked to protesters, Amnesty International UK and 45 others have sent a letter to the prime minister calling for “leadership, not censorship”.

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