At least 90 protesters were arrested at a London demonstration
in support of the banned activist group, Palestine Action, police
said Saturday, Azernews reports via Middle East
Monitor.
The arrests as of 1800GMT are in relation to the protest
organized by Defend Our Juries in support of the “proscribed
terrorist organisation Palestine Action,” Metropolitan Police said
in a statement.
It added that the protest concluded and those involved have left
the area.
Protesters gathered in Tavistock Square, where demonstrators
carried Palestinian flags and signs while chanting pro-Palestine
slogans.
Some of the banners read: “I oppose genocide, I support
Palestine Action.”
The Defend Our Juries group wrote on the US social media
platform X that police instantly started arresting protestors for
silently holding signs that it said opposed genocide and the
Palestine Action ban.
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