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| Jeremy Corbyn's brother Piers arrested over leaflet comparing UK govt Covid-19 vaccine rollout to Holocaust | Jeremy Corbyn's brother Piers arrested over leaflet comparing UK govt Covid-19 vaccine rollout to Holocaust |
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| Piers Corbyn, the elder brother of ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, has been arrested in London for distributing leaflets comparing the UK's Covid-19 vaccine rollout with the Holocaust, police said on Thursday. | Piers Corbyn, the elder brother of ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, has been arrested in London for distributing leaflets comparing the UK's Covid-19 vaccine rollout with the Holocaust, police said on Thursday. |
| The 73-year-old, who has already been arrested twice in 2021 for attending anti-lockdown protests, is alleged to have helped produce the leaflets that feature an image of the gates of Auschwitz concentration camp. | The 73-year-old, who has already been arrested twice in 2021 for attending anti-lockdown protests, is alleged to have helped produce the leaflets that feature an image of the gates of Auschwitz concentration camp. |
| The veteran protester was held in the Southwark area in the south of the capital on Wednesday “on suspicion of malicious communications and public nuisance,” the Metropolitan Police said in a statement on Thursday. | The veteran protester was held in the Southwark area in the south of the capital on Wednesday “on suspicion of malicious communications and public nuisance,” the Metropolitan Police said in a statement on Thursday. |
| “Officers investigating reports of malicious material in the form of a leaflet being circulated in south London in late January have made two arrests,” a Met Police spokesperson said. | “Officers investigating reports of malicious material in the form of a leaflet being circulated in south London in late January have made two arrests,” a Met Police spokesperson said. |
| They also confirmed that a 37-year-old man had been arrested over the incident on Wednesday in Bow, East London, on suspicion of a public order offence. | They also confirmed that a 37-year-old man had been arrested over the incident on Wednesday in Bow, East London, on suspicion of a public order offence. |
| Police said both men were taken to a South London police station and have since been bailed to return on a date in early March. | Police said both men were taken to a South London police station and have since been bailed to return on a date in early March. |
| The leaflet, which was reportedly posted through letterboxes in the London boroughs of Barnet and Southwark, contained material that “appeared to compare the Covid-19 vaccination programme with the Holocaust,” police said. | The leaflet, which was reportedly posted through letterboxes in the London boroughs of Barnet and Southwark, contained material that “appeared to compare the Covid-19 vaccination programme with the Holocaust,” police said. |
| Corbyn's leaflet showed a mocked-up version of Auschwitz, where the slogan of “Arbeit macht frei” (Work sets you free) on its gates was altered to read: “Vaccines are safe path to freedom.” | Corbyn's leaflet showed a mocked-up version of Auschwitz, where the slogan of “Arbeit macht frei” (Work sets you free) on its gates was altered to read: “Vaccines are safe path to freedom.” |
| The image can still be viewed on Corbyn's “Stop New Normal” website, where he is credited with the idea for the illustration, while Alexander Heaton is listed as the artist. | The image can still be viewed on Corbyn's “Stop New Normal” website, where he is credited with the idea for the illustration, while Alexander Heaton is listed as the artist. |
| Heaton, who was charged with breaking England's lockdown restrictions in May by attending a protest with Corbyn, is reported to be the 37-year-old man arrested. | Heaton, who was charged with breaking England's lockdown restrictions in May by attending a protest with Corbyn, is reported to be the 37-year-old man arrested. |
| Auschwitz was the Nazi death camp used to kill more than 1.1 million people, the majority of whom were Jews. | Auschwitz was the Nazi death camp used to kill more than 1.1 million people, the majority of whom were Jews. |
| Corbyn, who is against the government's Covid-19 restrictions, was arrested twice in two days in early January after breaching England's lockdown rules. | Corbyn, who is against the government's Covid-19 restrictions, was arrested twice in two days in early January after breaching England's lockdown rules. |
| He was also arrested and charged over other protest activity last year and was handed a maximum £10,000 fine for his lockdown breaches. | He was also arrested and charged over other protest activity last year and was handed a maximum £10,000 fine for his lockdown breaches. |
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