Article 3E9X3 Trump will not make a state visit to UK unless Theresa May bans protests

Trump will not make a state visit to UK unless Theresa May bans protests

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Cory Doctorow
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The President of the United States, whose Bill of Rights bans the government from making a law "respecting...the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances," has told the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, birthplace of the Magna Carta and signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights, which guarantees the freedom of assembly, that he will only visit the United Kingdom if the residents of that country are legally barred from protesting his visit. (more")

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