UK Court Approves Eviction of Occupy London Camp - ABC News: The Occupy London protest camp that has sprawled outside the city's St. Paul's Cathedral for three months must be removed, a British judge ruled Wednesday.
High Court Judge Keith Lindblom backed local authorities who are trying to evict the protest against capitalist excess, inspired by New York's Occupy Wall Street movement.
A lawyer for the protesters, who have been encamped outside the 300-year-old church since mid-October, said they had been given a week to appeal. Attorney John Cooper said local officials had promised not to enforce the eviction order before Jan. 27, pending the appeal.
The local authority, the City of London Corporation, has argued that the right to protest does not justify a semi-permanent campsite affecting the rights of worshippers, businesses and tourists.
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