Kettling 'not breach of human rights'

Police use of “kettling” tactics to contain crowds during violent demonstrations in London in 2001 did not breach human rights, European judges ruled today.

The first ruling by the European Court of Human Rights about the legality of corralling people to maintain public order said: “The case concerned a complaint by a demonstrator and some passers-by that they were not allowed to exit a police cordon for almost seven hours during a protest against globalisation.