Protest permit
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A protest permit or parade permit is permission granted by a governmental agency for a demonstration to be held in a particular venue at a particular time. Failing to obtain a permit may lead to charges of parading without a permit. The requirement of a permit is sometimes denounced as an infringement of free speech,[1] as permits are denied on spurious grounds or protestors are corralled into free speech zones. Permits are sometimes denied on grounds that the protest will create a security risk.[2] There seems to be evidence that the available venues for protests are shrinking in number; that citizens have experienced increasing difficulty in gaining unrestricted access to them; and that such venues are no longer where most people typically congregate in large numbers.[3] In Washington, DC, the , U.S. Capitol Police, and Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia have an elaborate permitting system.[4] Many famous people such as Martin Luther King, Jr. have been arrested for protesting without a permit.[5]+
Amnesty International's spokesperson declares: "A forbidding of a protest is legal on an international point of view only if it is motivated for a precise threat, and only if there is no other available general restriction to maintain order"[6]
Per country[]
France[]
In France many protests have been forbidden. Israelian conflict related protests have been routinely forbidden. Security risks have been brought for it, with a focus at protecting Jewish communities, which have underwent some attacks. And avoiding confrontation between pro-israelian, and pro-palestinian protesters. Jean-Luc-Mélenchon of right wing party of La France insoumise declared " "France is the only country where all support protests for palestinians are forbidden, and protests against israelian far-right government, it is obviously to create power incidendents and stigmatise that cause"[6]
Covid-19[]
As to forbid general protests[]
During the covid outbreak the need to prevent gathering has been used regularly to forbid protests.
About covid-19 restrictions[]
Such as a BLM protest in Ireland where the government tweeted that it had been in Dublin was forbidden on 3 June 2020.[7] Many protests also occurred against covid restrictions or about the response given to the virus.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ The Interaction of State Repression, Protest Form and Protest Sponsor Strength During the Transition from Communism in Minsk, Belarus, 1990-1995, 6, Mobilization: An International Quarterly, Fall 2001, pp. 129–150
- ^ D Mitchell, LA Staeheli (2005), Permitting protest: parsing the fine geography of dissent in America, International Journal of Urban
- ^ Places of Protest: The Public Forum in Principle and Practice, 11, Mobilization: An International Quarterly, June 2006, pp. 229–247
- ^ Donatella Della Porta, Herbert Reiter, Policing protest: the control of mass demonstrations in Western democracies
- ^ Suggs, Ernie (3 April 2020). "Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrest record in Georgia county to be expunged". The Philadelphia Tribune. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Manifestation interdite : le conflit israélo-palestinien divise la classe politique" [Forbidden demonstration: french political class divided.]. LExpress.fr (in French). 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
- ^ Lally, Conor; McClements, Freya. "Black Lives Matter protest planned for Dublin is cancelled". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
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