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Protesters block Orange Order march route in Portadown

Al Jazeera reports that protesters blocked the route into a Catholic area after a court allowed the march for the first time in 28 years.

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Adrian Cole
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Source: Al Jazeera Global News · View original source
Police officers and vehicles face a large crowd gathered along a narrow road beside a grassy embankment.
Northern Ireland

Protesters blocked the Orange Order’s march route into a Catholic area of Portadown, Northern Ireland, according to a report by Al Jazeera Global News.

The report says a court had allowed the march for the first time in 28 years. It provides no details of the ruling or the court’s reasoning.

The supplied information does not say when or how protesters blocked the route, or whether the march later proceeded.

No further details about the protest are available in the report.

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