Our View: The right to protest should be encouraged, not regulated

A demonstration took place outside Parliament on Thursday, co-signed by 35 groups ranging from Far Right Watch to Save Akamas to Queer Collective. This was the second protest in two weeks against the proposed ‘Public Gatherings and Parades Law of 2025’, a law to regulate the right to protest.

In response, the government postponed the vote on the bill to July 10, so it can be reviewed by the parliamentary committee on legal affairs.

However, the president of that committee, Nicos Tornaritis of Disy...