Anti-annoyance laws spark t-shirt boom

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Laws designed to stop anti-Catholic protesters 'annoying' pilgrims at World Youth Day have had an unexpected side-effect: an increase in sales of 'design-it-yourself' t-shirts.

The controversial new legislation gives police and other 'authorised people' the power to demand that others stop causing "annoyance or inconvenience" to pilgrims at this month's event in Sydney.

But it has been roundly condemned by civil liberties groups, who say that the rules impinge on the public's human rights, and mean that anyone wearing an anti-World Youth Day t-shirt would risk prosecution.

And that fact has apparently led many people to decide to do just that - by creating their own critical slogan t-shirts, or buying ready-made ones from internet stores.