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  • Met warns about hate speech at Unite the Kingdom and Palestine marches Chris Osuh
    Organisers as well as speakers will be held responsible for unlawful speech as police face exceptionally busy weekendThe Metropolitan police have said organisers of this weekend’s Unite the Kingdom and March for Palestine demonstrations will be held responsible for any hate speech connected with the events, in what they expect to be “one of the busiest days for policing in London in recent years”.Tens of thousands of people are expected to march in the capital for the Unite the Kingdom event in
     

Met warns about hate speech at Unite the Kingdom and Palestine marches

13 May 2026 at 17:27

Organisers as well as speakers will be held responsible for unlawful speech as police face exceptionally busy weekend

The Metropolitan police have said organisers of this weekend’s Unite the Kingdom and March for Palestine demonstrations will be held responsible for any hate speech connected with the events, in what they expect to be “one of the busiest days for policing in London in recent years”.

Tens of thousands of people are expected to march in the capital for the Unite the Kingdom event in central London, the Nakba: 78 March for Palestine from south Kensington to central London. Senior officers said protesters will face “the highest degree of control”. The FA Cup final is also due to be held at Wembley on Saturday.

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© Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/EPA

© Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/EPA

Guardian owner heralds next phase in Legacies of Enslavement restorative justice plan

21 April 2026 at 09:00

Scott Trust identifies priorities for communities in Jamaica and US Sea Islands with plans to allocate millions of pounds

We asked what repairing the harm of enslavement would look like. This is what we found

The owner of the Guardian has announced the next phase of its 10-year restorative justice plan to address and atone for the news organisation’s historical links to transatlantic enslavement.

The Scott Trust launched the Legacies of Enslavement programme in 2023, acknowledging that the founder of the Manchester Guardian, and his backers, profited from the enslavement of African people in Jamaica and the US.

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© Illustration: Ngadi Smart/The Guardian

© Illustration: Ngadi Smart/The Guardian

© Illustration: Ngadi Smart/The Guardian

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