UK mulls ‘zero-tolerance approach’ to Pro-Palestine, climate justice protests

As the government sets to introduce a potential ban on parliamentarians joining protests, climate activist groups and Palestine Solidarity Campaign are in the crosshairs.

Saeed Pourreza
PRESS TV, London

In the UK, government ministers are considering expanding the definition of extremism and banning Members of Parliament from engaging with protest groups, among them Pro-Palestine march organizers. Human rights campaigners say the move is an insult to democracy.