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| Loyalist march breaches Parades Commission ruling | Loyalist march breaches Parades Commission ruling |
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| Hundreds of people have taken part in a loyalist protest march in Belfast that breached a Parades Commission ruling. | |
| The marchers left from Belfast City Hall about 13:00 GMT, breaching a Parades Commission determination that they leave the city hall by noon. | |
| It was organised by a group calling itself Loyalist Peaceful Protesters. | |
| The march comes days ahead of the first anniversary of the council's decision to restrict the flying of the union flag to designated days. | The march comes days ahead of the first anniversary of the council's decision to restrict the flying of the union flag to designated days. |
| The organisers did not mention the flags issue when they completed a Parades Commission form, applying to stage the march. | |
| The reasons they stated for Saturday's parade were "human rights", "political policing" and "PSNI brutality". | |
| The same group organised a similar march through Belfast city centre on 21 September. | |
| More than 3,000 protesters took part in the September march, which also breached a Parades Commission ruling. | |
| The organisers of the earlier march had been told to leave the city hall at 12:30 BST but instead the protesters set off about an hour later, making the parade unlawful. | |
| Traders in Belfast city centre had expressed concern ahead of both parades, citing a possible negative impact on their businesses. |