Ukrainian protest organisers in the UK have accused the government of hypocrisy for pushing through new anti-protest measures while criticising Russia for silencing anti-war demonstrations.
On Monday, Conservative MPs voted to reinstate controversial clauses in the government’s policing bill that would give authorities powers to ban ‘noisy’ protests after they were previously rejected in the House of Lords.
“If we are quiet and don’t really bother anyone, then who will be paying attention to us? No one,” said Zoryana, who has helped organise and spoken at several protests in support of Ukraine.
