London council removes ‘unacceptable’ Stamford Hill posters telling women which side of the road to walk down

‘A London council has removed “unacceptable” posters instructing women which side of the road they should walk down.

The signs, which have “Women should please walk along this side of the road only” written in both Hebrew and English, were spotted along Stamford Hill in Hackney.

The Shomrim group, whose Jewish volunteers support policing in the area, said they were put up by an orthodox Jewish group during the Torah Procession earlier this week, in order to prevent men and women from the religious sect who are not married or related from touching.’

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