(AFP) — A total of 890 people were arrested in London during a protest this weekend in support of the banned group Palestine Action, the capital’s Metropolitan Police said Sunday.
The force said 857 people had been arrested under anti-terror laws for supporting a proscribed group during Saturday’s demonstration, with an additional 33 arrested for other offences including assaults on police officers.
The organisers of the protest, the campaign group Defend Our Juries (DOJ), said the “Lift the Ban” rally had been “the picture of peaceful protest”.
Many of those detained for showing support for Palestine Action appeared to be older people.
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