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In December 2025, the Palestine Coalition informed the Metropolitan Police of its planned route for the annual Nakba Day march on 16 May. This has only now been refused because of the announcement by Tommy "Ten Names" Robinson of plans to hold a far right march on the same day.

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Netpol Mar 27

Nakba Day organisers say they won't back down and will march, as they have for years. As protest policing decisions in London are based on what's convenient to the Metropolitan Police, not any consideration of its human rights obligations, the expectation is of more threats and severe restrictions

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Now a red line has been crossed, after over a decade, with the ban on the Al Quds Day march, and police citing "high numbers and tensions between protesters" as justification, look to see who in the coming weeks are mischaracterised as the real "threat" to public order https://netpol.org/2026/03/12/al-quds-day-protest-ban-imposed-using-poor-justifications/

Al Quds Day protest ban imposed using ‘poor justifications’ - Netpol

On 11 March 2026, the Home Secretary confirmed that she had consented to a request from the Metropolitan Police Commissioner and ordered a ban of the annual pro-Palestine Al Quds Day march and any associated marches for a period of one month, using powers under section 13 of the Public Order Act 1986. This is […]

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