Closed petition Legislate to ban participants wearing face coverings at demonstrations

Government should introduce legislation to make it an offence to attend a demonstration or counter-demonstration wearing face coverings. All participants should be showing their faces, or, be arrested so that they can be identified.

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Introduce legislation that would result in the arrest of any attendee of a demonstration/protest wearing face covering (ie a mask/balaclava) and removal from the scene.

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343 signatures

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Date closed 15 March 2026
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