Right to protest should not be taken away - Lib Dems
June 13, 2008 12:00 AM
Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne today wrote to Jacqui Smith calling on her to overturn the ban on a march against George Bush this Sunday.
Calling the ban 'the final straw' after Wednesday's vote on 42-day detention, he wrote:
"Just because the votes of these protesters cannot be bought, it does not mean that their voices should not be heard by those in 10 Downing Street.
"In this country we have a long tradition of peaceful protest and I would be shocked if British civil liberties were curtailed at the request of a foreign government."
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