British ministers are planning legal action to restrict public protests during 2012 London Olympics, amid fears that the upcoming sport event could be disrupted Occupy-style protests.
According to the Independent, the Home Office is so concerned about the impact of the stalemate over the Occupy London (OLSX) encampment outside St Paul’s Cathedral that officials have been ordered to produce plans for avoiding a similar conflict during the Games.
Ministers‘ plans, includes identifying ‚exclusion zones‘ around key locations, and fast-tracking the removal of protests that are not authorised.t would permit police to move in and disperse encampments quickly, in line with last week’s clearance of the Occupy Wall Street camp in New York. (more on newstrackindia.com)
