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11th March 2022
11:10am GMT

Protestors demonstrate outside Scotland Yard over the treatment of people by police at the Sarah Everard vigil the day before on March 14, 2021 (Getty)[/caption]
The group had proposed a socially distanced vigil for the 33-year-old near to where she went missing in Clapham, south London, on 3 March while walking home.
After withdrawing their plans, the four women who founded RTS, launched a legal challenge against the Met.
Lawyers for RTS organisers Jessica Leigh, Anna Birley, Henna Shah, and Jamie Klingler, argued the Met's handling of the cancelled event breached their human rights to freedom of speech and assembly, the BBC earlier reported.
Their lawyers told the High Court that notes of a Met gold command meeting the day before the proposed event included a statement that "we are seen as the bad guys at the moment and we don't want to aggravate this", the broadcaster reported in January.
The verdict comes as the government looks set to give police greater powers to curb protests, as part of the Police, Courts, Sentencing and Crime Bill.
Groups such as Reclaim These Streets and Sisters Uncut continue to protest against this.
RTS said they hope the ruling "reminds everyone the importance of upholding our human rights".
"We believe it sets an important precedent for future protests and the way they are policed," they added.
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