Met ‘ban’ of XR action ruled ‘unlawful’

Friends have welcomed the news that Metropolitan Police’s ban of Extinction Rebellion ‘autumn rising’ gatherings in London has been ruled unlawful

by Rebecca Hardy 15th November 2019

Quakers have welcomed the news that the Metropolitan Police’s controversial ban of Extinction Rebellion (XR) gatherings in London has been ruled unlawful.

The decision announced by the high court on 6 November said that the Met had been wrong to define XR’s ‘autumn uprising’ as a single public assembly.