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| Palestine Action protest: police begin making arrests at London demo | Palestine Action protest: police begin making arrests at London demo |
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| Officers start arresting activists at silent vigil in support of banned organisation | Officers start arresting activists at silent vigil in support of banned organisation |
| Arrests have begun in Trafalgar Square at what may be the biggest demonstration so far against a ban on the proscribed organisation Palestine Action. | Arrests have begun in Trafalgar Square at what may be the biggest demonstration so far against a ban on the proscribed organisation Palestine Action. |
| Police began arresting demonstrators at the silent vigil in support of the group, which has been classed by the UK government as a terror organisation since July this year. | Police began arresting demonstrators at the silent vigil in support of the group, which has been classed by the UK government as a terror organisation since July this year. |
| The organisers, Save Our Juries, previously said they expected the turnout to be higher than previous protests, with more than 1,500 people planning to attend, potentially beating an arrest record set at the 1961 anti-nuclear demonstration, which was held at the same London location. | The organisers, Save Our Juries, previously said they expected the turnout to be higher than previous protests, with more than 1,500 people planning to attend, potentially beating an arrest record set at the 1961 anti-nuclear demonstration, which was held at the same London location. |
| The Metropolitan police also said officers arrested six people in connection with a banner draped on Westminster Bridge in support of Palestine Action. | The Metropolitan police also said officers arrested six people in connection with a banner draped on Westminster Bridge in support of Palestine Action. |
| The force said: “Officers were quickly on scene, the banner had been removed and the six people involved have been arrested for supporting a proscribed organisation.” | The force said: “Officers were quickly on scene, the banner had been removed and the six people involved have been arrested for supporting a proscribed organisation.” |
| The demonstration went ahead despite Keir Starmer calling on protesters to call it off to “respect the grief of British Jews”, while Jewish figures called the action “phenomenally tone deaf” following Thursday’s killing of two people in the terror attack on a Manchester synagogue. | |
| More details soon … | More details soon … |