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Football Fan Surveillance

Football fans say their civil rights are being ignored by police who impose strict restrictions on supporters travelling away to some fixtures.

Football fans say the police are heavy-handed in the way they impose some travel restrictions on travelling supporters. They say the actions of the police are disproportionate, and ignore their civil rights. The fans are critical of "bubbling" in which they are told to assemble at a location some distance away from the fixture and then are escorted to the ground by the police. The tactic is being used despite a sharp reduction in the number of arrests at football matches.

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Sun 1 Apr 2012 21:00

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