"Defend Our Juries said 636 arrests were made in its 12-day Lift the Ban' campaign, which called on the UK government to revoke the designation of the Palestine Action protest group as a terrorist organisation'. The group organised demonstrations in 10 British towns and cities on Saturday afternoon, to protest against our Government's complicity in genocide and against the ban on Palestine Action. Saturday's arrests made it the most widespread wave of civil disobedience in modern UK history, the group claimed."
"By holding a sign supporting the Palestine Action Group, you are currently committing an offence under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act; we need to prevent offences from being committed which is why we're asking you to put those signs away. She asked is there anything that myself or colleagues could reasonably say or do that would make you co-operate with us in putting these signs away?"
Dozens of supporters of Palestine Action were arrested across multiple UK cities during coordinated demonstrations opposing the group's proscription. West Midlands Police reported 25 arrests in Birmingham, while police in Bristol and Norwich reported about 30 and 10 arrests respectively. Defend Our Juries said 636 arrests occurred during its 12-day Lift the Ban campaign and that 2,717 sign-holding arrests have been made since the group was proscribed in July. Demonstrations took place in ten towns and cities. Police in Edinburgh and Exeter reportedly did not arrest protesters. A Devon and Cornwall officer warned that holding signs supporting Palestine Action could breach Section 13 of the Terrorism Act.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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