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Montreal police on Wednesday night blocked several hundred protesters against newly adopted laws limiting mass protests

Montreal Police Detain Protesters under New Protest Law

13:17 24/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 24 (RIA Novosti)

Montreal police on Wednesday night blocked several hundred protesters against newly adopted laws limiting mass protests, and arrested them according to city newspaper La Presse.

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