Several hundred loyalists are taking part in protest march in Belfast city centre.
The protest is about the ongoing controversy over the changes to the number of days the Union Flag will be flown from City Hall.
There is a very heavy police presence in the area and some traffic disruption.
Last night, nine PSNI officers were injured and 18 people were arrested after a second consecutive night of violence in east Belfast.
Up to 300 people hurled fireworks, bricks and petrol bombs during a sustained attack on officers in east Belfast last night.
Water cannons was also deployed.
The trouble erupted following a protest against restrictions on flying the Union flag on Belfast City Hall.
A PSNI spokesman said: "A number of officers have been injured and several arrests made."
Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson said violence against the police was a "disgrace" and those behind days of unrest were playing into the hands of dissident republicans.
On Thursday 10 police officers were injured in east Belfast during another demonstration over the Union flag.
Mr Robinson said: "The violence and destruction visited on the PSNI is a disgrace, criminally wrong and cannot be justified.
"Those responsible are doing a grave disservice to the cause they claim to espouse and are playing into the hands of those dissident groups who would seek to exploit every opportunity to further their terror aims."
He said some demonstrators were employing language borrowed from the republican handbook to demonise police and undermine the DUP through a call for direct rule from London.
"All right-thinking unionists will want to channel their energies into political activity and to support the cause of finding political solutions to the problems that we face," Mr Robinson said.
"In Northern Ireland the ballot box has primacy and is the only vehicle for choosing the people's representatives."
Yesterday, Loyalist activist Willie Frazer said he is organising a demonstration in Dublin next weekend as part of the ongoing protests over the union flag controversy.
Mr Frazer, who is based in Markethill, Co Armagh, said he expects 150 people to take part in a short protest at Leinster House at midday on Saturday, 12 January.
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