Planned Al Quds Day march banned in UK, 1st time over decade

The British home secretary said Wednesday she approved a police request to ban the upcoming Al Quds Day march, marking the first ban on the protest march in the UK since 2012, Anadolu reports. “I am satisfied doing so is necessary to prevent serious public disorder, due to the scale of the protest and multiple counter-protests, in the context of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East,” Shabana Mahmood wrote on the US social media company X. She noted that her decision came following the Metropolitan Police’s request to ban the Al Quds march. “I expect to see the full force of the law applied to anyone spreading hatred and division instead of exercising their right to peaceful protest,” added […]