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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

UK court rules that extension of UK police powers to intervene in protests is unlawful

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Britain's High Court ruled Tuesday that new regulations that gave U.K. police more powers to intervene in protests are unlawful.

Civil liberties campaign group Liberty brought legal action against the British government over a law passed last year that lowered the threshold for what is considered “serious disruption” to community life caused by a protest.

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