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| Republicans to hold Belfast anti-internment parade | Republicans to hold Belfast anti-internment parade |
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| Republicans are to hold an anti-internment parade along Royal Avenue in Belfast city centre on Friday evening. | Republicans are to hold an anti-internment parade along Royal Avenue in Belfast city centre on Friday evening. |
| The march, which starts in north Belfast, is being held to coincide with the introduction of internment in Northern Ireland in 1971. | The march, which starts in north Belfast, is being held to coincide with the introduction of internment in Northern Ireland in 1971. |
| The Parades Commission has given permission for six loyalist protests against the parade. | The Parades Commission has given permission for six loyalist protests against the parade. |
| Numbers have been restricted at four of them. | Numbers have been restricted at four of them. |
| The DUP has called on Northern Ireland Secretary of State Theresa Villiers to ban the anti-internment march. | The DUP has called on Northern Ireland Secretary of State Theresa Villiers to ban the anti-internment march. |
| After meeting with police on Thursday, assembly member Nelson McCausland said Chief Constable Matt Baggott should recommend to Ms Villiers that the parade should not take place. | After meeting with police on Thursday, assembly member Nelson McCausland said Chief Constable Matt Baggott should recommend to Ms Villiers that the parade should not take place. |
| Police said a number of diversions would be in place on Friday evening due to the parade and protests. | |
| There will be restricted pedestrian access on Royal Avenue in Belfast between 17:00 and 20:00 BST. | |
| Police said there would be a "significant policing operation" in place in the area on Friday afternoon and officers on the ground would be "deployed on specific tasks". | |
| "We would like to reassure the community and visitors to Northern Ireland that all efforts are being made to ensure disruption is kept to a minimum," they added. | |
| Motorists are advised to expect delays between 18:00 and 18:45 BST in the Oldpark, Cliftonville, Antrim Road, New Lodge and North Queen Street areas. | |
| Delays are also expected in the Divis Street, Falls Road and Andersonstown Road to Slievegallion Drive areas between 18:45 and 21:00 BST. |